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old fashioned traditional gingerbread men
super easy recipe for this classic Christmas cookie.
Ingredients
- 25 g butter
- 125 g dark brown sugar
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tbsp treacle
- 300 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 80 Currants plus a few glace cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 Grease and line 2 baking sheets
- In a heavy based pan melt the butter with the treacle, golden syrup, sugar.
- Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices until the mixtures forms a soft thick dough.
- Gather into a ball and wrap in clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes until firm.
- Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to about 3mm thick and use a cookie cutter to cut out your gingerbread men (hearts or whatever else you fancy).
- Half the currants and use as eyes and buttons and carefully cut slithers of glace cherry to make his cheeky grin.
- Use a palate knife to lift them on to your prepped sheets and bake for approximately 10 minutes until golden and firm, be careful not to overcook them or they will turn into rock. Cool on a rack. Makes about 16 depending on size of men of course!
Nutrition
Calories: 132kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 74mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 7IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
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