Ninety-One Days Of Summer: DAY TEN

GINGERBREAD MIX...

INGREDIENTS:

350g plain flour

175g light soft brown sugar

100g  butter

1 medium egg

4 tablespoons of golden syrup

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1½ teaspoon of ground ginger

NOTE: 

You will need a rolling pin and a man shaped pastry cutter (if you want gingerbread man shapes)

COOKING METHOD:

The pastry will be easier to mix if the butter has been removed from the fridge half an hour before starting mixing.

Put the flour, butter, ground ginger and bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl. Mix it all together with fingertips until crumbly. Add sugar, syrup and egg and mix until it forms a firm pastry mix.

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C

Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry to about 5mm thick. Make sure the surface and the rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Cut out the shapes with a knife and/or pastry cutter.

Place the cut out pastry on a greased or non-stick baking tray.

Put the baking trays in the pre-heated oven. Remove after 15 minutes (check after 10 minutes).

Find a selection of anything you like to decorate the gingerbread men and house.  We used cake icing with raisins, chocolate chips and edible silver balls.  Put a blob of icing on the gingerbread men where you want a decoration to stick.


Check out this printable house template here...