Gingerbread Men

Submitted by anterabae

"Gingerbread the way my (German) mum makes it"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 24 cookies

ingredients

• 1 lb all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 ounces brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons treacle
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 4 ounces butter
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk

directions

1. Sift flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon into a bowl (add extra ginger if you like more of a kick!).
2. Melt butter, brown sugar, golden syrup, and treacle in a saucepan and stir into flour mixture, adding enough milk to mix to a firm dough.
3. Wrap dough in saran wrap and chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
4. Roll onto floured board to 1/4 inch thick and cut into shapes.
5. Bake on trays in a moderate oven (180C) for about 15 minutes.