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Gingerbread People Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
200g plain flour

75g brown sugar

50g butter or baking fat/block

1 x 15ml spoon golden syrup

½ x 5ml spoon bicarbonate of soda

1 x 5ml spoon ground ginger

1 egg

Glace cherries/currants and icing to decorate
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC or gas mark 4. Grease a baking tray.
2. Sift the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.
3. Whisk the egg in a small bowl using a fork.
4. Gently melt the fat, syrup and sugar together in a small saucepan. Do not allow to boil.
5. Add the syrup mixture and the beaten egg to the flour.
6. Mix to form a soft dough.
7. Allow the mixture to cool.
8. Roll out the dough to 0.5 cm thick on a floured work surface.
9. Cut into gingerbread shapes and carefully place on the baking tray.
10. Decorate with currants or cherries.
11. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Carefully remove from the tray and allow to cool thoroughly on a cooling rack.
12. Pipe icing on top to decorate.

 

 

 

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