Gingerbread Men
photo by kiwisinwa
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
20 biscuits
ingredients
- melted butter, to grease
- 125 g butter, at room temperature
- 100 g brown sugar
- 125 ml golden syrup
- 1 egg, separated
- 375 g plain flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- plain flour, to dust
- 150 g icing sugar, sifted
- 8 -10 drops red food coloring
- 8 -10 drops green liquid food coloring
- smarties candies, to decorate
directions
- These gingerbread men are both fun and easy to make, and, what's more, the kids will love them!
- Ingredients
- Method.
- Preheat oven to 180°C Brush 2 baking trays with melted butter to lightly grease.
- Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined. Stir in the flour, ginger, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Press dough into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
- Meanwhile, place egg white in a clean, dry bowl. Use an electric beater to beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add icing sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Divide icing among 3 bowls. Cover 1 bowl with plastic wrap and place in the fridge. Add red colouring to 1 bowl and stir until combined. Add green colouring to remaining bowl and stir until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge.
- Place the dough between 2 sheets of baking paper and roll out until about 4mm thick. Use a 9cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out shapes. Place on trays about 3cm apart. Repeat with any excess dough.
- Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven. Transfer to a rack to cool.
- Place prepared icings in small plastic bags. Cut a small hole in a corner of each bag. Pipe icing over gingerbread men to decorate. Finish with Smarties.
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I have lived in WA since October 2007, love it. I have two children (boys), one is five and the other 15, so I have to be rather inventive to get the five year old to eat healthy food, and large quantities for the 15 year old.