Ingredients:
350g of plain flour
1 tsp of bicarbonate
of soda
2 tsp of ground ginger
100g of butter
175g of soft brown
sugar
4 tbsp honey (or
golden syrup)
1 egg (beaten)
Firstly you should
sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger into a large bowl then
begin to rub in the butter. It should be a room temperature so take it out of
the fridge a while before you start. Keep rubbing it together until it
resembles breadcrumbs. If you are having trouble run your hand under the cold
tap and it should make the mixture easier to work with. Add the sugar and mix
well.
Warm the honey (a few
seconds in the microwave should do it) and pour it into the bowl along with the
beaten egg. Continue mixing until they are well combined.
You should then transfer
the dough onto a clean, floured surface and knead it for a few minutes. The
dough should be smooth and pliable.
Roll
out the mixture to about half a cm thick. Keep the dough and rolling pin
floured so it doesn’t stick. Next you get to do the fun part- cutting out the
shapes. Here I have used Christmas shapes from IKEA. They are a little tricky
to build once the dough has expanded in the oven (nothing a little cutting with
a knife can’t fix once they are out the oven).
I hope you enjoy these
gingerbread biscuits whatever shape you choose to do. It would also be a great
recipe for a gingerbread house. Last year my house was a fail so I would love
to see any blog posts about them you’ve done.
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