Christmas Gingerbread Men

How to make the most delicious gingerbread ever:

You Will Need:

for the gingerbread

250g unsalted butter

200g dark muscovado sugar

7 tbsp golden syrup

600g plain flour

2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

4 tsp ground ginger

to decorate 

Icing Sugar

Hot Water

Icing Bag

equipment you will need

Pan

Wooden Spoon

Mixing Bowl

Flat Surface/Board

Rolling pin

Gingerbread Man Cutter

Oiled Baking Tray

Another Bowl

Method

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. 

Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan (stirring it with a wooden spoon to prevent it burning).

Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger into a large bowl, and stir in the butter/sugar/syrup mixture to make a dough (If it is too runny add a bit more flour, and if it is a bit too stiff add a splash of water).

Roll out on a floured surface with a rolling pin.

Cut using the gingerbread man cutter.

Bake on the oiled baking tray for 10-15 minutes, until golden and slightly squishy.

Leave until hardened and cooled.

Mix some icing sugar with the hot water, and put into the icing bag.

Decorate as desired.

Enjoy!

Thank you for reading, 

Merry Christmas!

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