leapfrog Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Does anybody have a 'never fail' or easy recipe for gingerbread people they would be willing to share? I'm baking tomorrow and for some reason havent got one. I think I must usually adjust a basic biscuit dough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Ingredients 125g unsalted butter 100g dark muscovado sugar 4 tbsp golden syrup 325g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger Instructions Preheat the oven to 170°C, gas mark 3. Line baking trays with baking parchment. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a bowl and stir the melted ingredients into the dry ingredients to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to a thickness of about 5mm. Dip biscuit cutters into flour before cutting the dough. Place the shapes onto the lined baking trays and bake, in batches, for 9-10 minutes until light golden brown. When completely cool, decorate with icing. The gingerbread biscuits can be stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leapfrog Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Thank you Marion for that fantastically fast reply... can send my husband to Sainsbury now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alis2son Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Instores (like poundstretcher) has some great metal christmas shaped cookie cutters for £1.50 for set of 10, great for biscuits or playdough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmileyPR Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 (edited) Glen posted this some time ago. I used it this year and it was DELICIOUS... only that our gingerbread people were big and, instead of 30, we had 15. The smell surrounded all the Primary building and everyone wanted a piece ! We didn't add eggs, because of an Indian girl who doesn't eat eggs. A teacher suggested adding milk instead and it came out well. I think it was about ½ cup milk. "This is a great recipe that I have used lots. It makes a big quantity for approx 30 children and it stands lots of handling. We tend to use it lots and vary the flavours - substitute cinnamon or different flavourings. If you leave them for a few minutes when they come out of the oven they don't break and are easy to handle. They taste good too. Here it goes: 750g plain flour 2 teaspoons bicarb of soda 4 teaspoons ground ginger 250g butter 375 soft brown sugar 8 tablespoons golden syrup 2 eggs Mix sifted flour, bicarb soda and ginger. Rub in butter. Add sugar. In separate bowl beat syrup and eggs together. Stir into flour mixture and mix to a firm dough. Roll out the dough and shape. Bake in pre-heated oven 180 C for ten mins. Cool on a rack and enjoy. I used this recipe for pudsey bears last year and they were very successful." Enjoy them ! Edited November 25, 2006 by SmileyPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Wow, someone must be a mind reader because I was going to post a request on here for a gingerbread people recipe!! Many thanks Anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leapfrog Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 Well Anita - I hope yours go as well as mine did - they were lovely and a really nice end to a Gingerbread week of activities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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