Gingerbread biscuits

Gingerbread Biscuits, nothing better than the smell of these delicious cookies, which will bring Christmas in your home straight away! This is an easy recipe, try and make some with your children if you have any, or use the dough to build your gingerbread house, on line there are lots of template you can use, just like THESE ONES.

Gingerbread biscuits 2, a pinch of italy

Gingerbread Biscuits, Ingredients

  • 350g/12oz plain flour, plus extra for rolling out
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 125g/4½oz butter
  • 175g/6oz light soft brown sugar
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 4 tbsp golden syrup

    To decorate

  • Royal Icing with no raw eggs made with
  • crushed meringues
  • few drops of lemon juice
  • very very small amount of water

Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together, add to the food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps together. Tip the dough out, knead briefly until smooth, wrap in clingfilm and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.

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Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. For decorations, use a skewer to make a small hole in the top of each biscuit.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations.

 

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Pubblicato da a Pinch of Italy

Il mio nome e' Simonetta, adoro cucinare e mangiare e questo qualche volta puo' essere un problema! Sono Italiana, ma vivo in Inghilterra dal 2008, ho viaggiato tanto ed ora ho finalmente messo su famiglia. Ho una bimba di nome Ginevra, amante delle mie Lasagne ed un compagno inglese che non puo' piu' fare a meno dei miei manicaretti... quando si dice prenderli per la gola!

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