Skill Level
Easy. Adult supervision needed.
Time to Make
1-2 Hours
Adult Supervision Needed
Yes
How to Make
Method:
- Melt the sugar, golden syrup and butter into a saucepan, then bubble for 1-2 minutes. Leave to cool for about 10 Minutes
- Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a large bowl. Add the warm syrup mixture and the egg, stir everything together, then gently knead in the bowl until smooth and streak-free. The dough will firm up once cooled. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 mins.
- Remove the dough from the fridge, leave at room temperature until softened. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
- Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin, then cut out gingerbread people with a cutter. Re-roll the excess dough and keep cutting until it’s all used up.
- Place the biscuits onto the trays and bake for 10-12 mins, swapping the trays over halfway through cooking. Leave to cool on the trays for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Use the icing to decorate the biscuits as you wish, you can stick on chocolate or sweets for buttons. Leave to set for 1-2 hrs then enjoy!!
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Top Tip
You can using any sweets you wish to decorate your Gingerbread man – Maybe jelly tots or smarties.
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