Gingerbread man

Name: Gingerbread man
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 140 grams unsalted butter; 100 grams dark muscovado sugar; 3 Tbsps golden syrup; 350 grams plain flour; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 2 teaspoons ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 balls stem ginger from a jar, chopped; 50 grams icing sugar; 3 glacé cherries (we used undyed); 2 balls stem ginger

Need a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert? Gingerbread man could be a spectacular recipe to try. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 12 servings with 260 calories, 3g of protein, and 10g of fat each. If you have glacé cherries, stem ginger from a jar, icing sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas

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Oven

Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Melt butter, sugar and syrup in a pan.

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Butter

Sugar

Syrup

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Baking Sheet

Frying Pan

Mix flour, soda, spices and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Stir in the butter mix and chopped ginger to make a stiff-ish dough.

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Butter

Ginger

Spices

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pop

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Bowl

Wait until cool enough to handle, then roll out dough to about 5mm thick. Stamp out gingerbread men, re-rolling and pressing the trimmings back together and rolling again. Lift onto baking sheets.

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Gingerbread Men

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake for 12 mins until golden. Cool 10 mins on the sheets, then lift onto cooling racks.

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Oven

To decorate, mix icing sugar with a few drops of water until thick and smooth. Halve then slice cherries thinly to make smiles, and cut ginger into small squares. Spoon icing into a food bag, snip off the tiniest bit from one corner, then squeeze eyes and buttons, and a tiny smile onto 1 man at a time. Stick on a cherry smile and ginger buttons. Repeat; leave to set. Will keep up to 1 week in an airtight tin.

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Powdered Sugar

Cherries

Ginger

Icing

Water

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Servings:

140grams

unsalted butter 100grams

dark muscovado sugar 3Tbsps

golden syrup 350grams

plain flour 1teaspoon

bicarbonate of soda 2teaspoons

ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2balls

stem ginger from a jar, chopped 50grams

icing sugar 3

glacé cherries (we used undyed)2balls

stem ginger

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Gingerbread. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Solera Cream Sherry. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 17 dollars.