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Gingerbread Men

Name: Gingerbread Men
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 2 cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (300g); 1 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar, Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar or Chelsea Organic Coconut Sugar (200g); 1 Tbsp ground ginger; ½ tsp Edmonds Baking Soda; 150g butter, cubed; 1 egg, beaten; 1 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup; Icing; 1 egg white; 1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g); 1 tsp lemon juice; Water, if needed; Gel food colouring (optional); Lollies or currants, to decorate (optional)

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Preparation

20 mins

Bake

10 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

Making gingerbread men is great fun for children - let them help roll out the dough, press out the shapes... then after baking they can have fun decorating!

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

2 cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (300g)
1 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar, Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar or Chelsea Organic Coconut Sugar (200g)
1 Tbsp ground ginger
½ tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
150g butter, cubed
1 egg, beaten
1 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup

Icing

1 egg white
1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
1 tsp lemon juice
Water, if needed
Gel food colouring (optional)
Lollies or currants, to decorate (optional)

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can i chill the dough overnight before using?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, yes we think this should work fine. Enjoy!

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Reviews

217

What did you think of this recipe?

It's good but don't put it in the fridge for long

I thought they were delicious. right texture and my kids and I ate them in two days! Definitely recommend for Christmas baking!

Grace & Her Mum

Grace (6) got a reader from school about a little girl who makes ginger bread with her mum. So we decided to give it a go. Its still in the oven but we really enjoyed licking the spoon and the bowl together. If the cake taste that good wet we are sure it will be delicious once cooked.

Unknown

can i chill the dough overnight before using?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, yes we think this should work fine. Enjoy!

Lula

This is a great recipe! I've made them twice now and each time I've found the recipe easy to follow, with lovely results. I add a little more ginger, but otherwise follow it exactly. And use large eggs, it really helps. Yum, delicious, and my three-year-old loves them too, especially the decorating part.

Linsey

Hi there, My name is Linsey I'm an Occupational Therapist and I used this recipe in an on-ward group.

Unknown

Great recipe 100% recommend!

Diane

My grandchildren love these biscuits. So easy to make and delicious.

hugh

it good but too thick i couldn't spread em

Emily

I just wasted my time + food. It didn't work! I can't even roll it out, it just crumbles up. PLEASE HELP!!!

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C bake (160°C fan-forced). Line two baking trays with baking paper.

Place the Edmonds Standard Grade Flour, Chelsea Sugar, ginger and Edmonds Baking Soda in a bowl or food processor. Add butter and rub in with fingertips or pulse in food processor until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Add egg and Chelsea Golden Syrup and stir or pulse to form a dough. If the dough is sticky, add a little more flour until it forms a workable dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll out on a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick. Cut out shapes using biscuit cutters and place on trays. Form leftover dough into a ball and re-roll and repeat cutting out until dough is used up.

Bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Icing
Make icing by beating egg white with a fork until frothy. Fold in the other ingredients to form a pipeable icing. You can test for the correct consistency of icing by dragging a knife over the surface. If the surface smoothes over in approximately 10 seconds, the icing is at the right consistency. Mix in water in very small quantities, until this consistency is achieved.

Colour icing if desired. Place icing in resealable bags or piping bags. Snip off the corner and pipe decorations onto each biscuit. Use icing to attach lollies or currants, if using.