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175g flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tspoons ground cinnamon / 1 ginger
65g cold butter in cubes
85g muscovado sugar
1 free range egg
2 tablespoons golden syrup
red, white and green icing
red, white and green fondant icing
Today we bake gingerbread men, as in the well-known story. The gingerbread men are made of gingerbread dough ;) nice and wintery spicy! We'll decorate them with icing for the mini-monsters, they'll love it! You do need a cookie cutter, as you can see at the top left of the photo.
How to make gingerbread men
Sieve the flour in a big bowl.
Add the baking soda.
Also add the spices.
And the butter cubes.
Weigh the sugar and add it.
Break the egg in a little bowl.
Whisk the syrup in light until combined.
Pour the egg mix in the big bowl.
Mix with the special hooks.
Knead the crumbs by hand.
Wrap the dough in cling film.
Put it in the fridge for half an hour.
Roll the cold dough out until it's 1 cm thick.
Cut out the shapes.
Preheat the oven to 190°c.
Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes and let them cool on a wire rack.
Be creative decorating with icing and fondant icing. Sweet!