Gingerbread

Name: Gingerbread
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225 g plain flour; Half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda; 1 tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 100 g salted butter or unsalted (whichever you have at hand); 100 g dark muscovado sugar; 3 tbsp golden syrup

Amy Beaver @nutterbutter22

Fancied gingerbread but decided to try and make some instead of buying

Amy Beaver @nutterbutter22

Fancied gingerbread but decided to try and make some instead of buying

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Ingredients

225 gplain flour
Halfa teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
1 tbspground ginger
1 tspground cinnamon
100 gsalted butter or unsalted (whichever you have at hand)
100 gdark muscovado sugar
3 tbspgolden syrup

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Steps

1

First weigh out flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and ginger and mix together in a bowl
2

Weigh out sugar, butter and golden syrup in another boel
3

Add sugar, butter and golden syrup to a small pan and put on the hob/stove to heat. Stir until melted then set aside to leave to cool a bit
4

Once the buttery syrup mixture has slightly cooled. Add it to the flour mix and stir to combine then use your hands to bring together to form a dough.
(Side note the dough should be soft)
5

Wrap up the dough in cling film and place in fridge for about 10 minutes or so
Turn on oven if you haven't already and heat to 190C/170C gas 5
6

Bring out the dough and unwrap from cling film.
Sprinkle some flour on counter top and roll out the dough until thin with a bit of thickness
7

Use a cookie cutter (I used an egg cup) to cut out shapes and place on a sheet of baking parchment.
Place in oven for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes remove the gingerbread from oven and set aside to cool
8

Decorate or leave them plain and enjoy