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Gingerbread recipe: easy to make cookies for Christmas

Name: Gingerbread recipe: easy to make cookies for Christmas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: /american
Ingredients: 125g unsalted butter; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup Woolworths Golden Syrup; 1 egg; 2 cups plain flour; 1/4 cup self raising flour; 1 tbs ground ginger; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 330g icing mixture, to decorate; Small decorations of choice (e.g. cachous and pearls), to decorate; Food colouring, to decorate

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by Fresh magazine

Sep 06, 2019

Can it really be called Christmas without devouring a whole batch of these? Use this as a base recipe for making a gingerbread man or a gingerbread house.

125g unsalted butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup Woolworths Golden Syrup
1 egg
2 cups plain flour
1/4 cup self raising flour
1 tbs ground ginger
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
330g icing mixture, to decorate
Small decorations of choice (e.g. cachous and pearls), to decorate
Food colouring, to decorate

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
2.

Beat butter, sugar and syrup together in a bowl until creamy. Add egg and beat well. Sift flours, ginger and soda together. Stir into butter mixture. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly until smooth. Roll out to 5mm thick. Use cutters to cut out shape. Transfer to tray.
3.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until light brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
4.

To decorate; prepare the icing mix following packet instructions. Colour as desired. Spread on biscuits and decorate.