Double Ginger Gingerbread Men
These gingerbread men are a delightful treat that are perfect for the holiday season. The combination of warm spices, buttery sweetness, and a hint of ginger creates a cookie that is both comforting and festive. Decorated with icing, cherries, and ginger, these little men are sure to bring smiles to everyone who enjoys them.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 140g unsalted butter
- 100g dark muscovado sugar
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 350g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
- 2 balls stem ginger from a jar, chopped
- 50g icing sugar
- a few glacé cherries (we used undyed)
- 2 balls stem ginger
Instructions
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Melt butter, sugar and syrup in a pan. Mix flour, soda, spices and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Stir in the butter mix and chopped ginger to make a stiff-ish dough.
- Wait until cool enough to handle, then roll out dough to about 5mm thick. Stamp out gingerbread men, re-rolling and pressing the trimmings back together and rolling again. Lift onto baking sheets. Bake for 12 mins until golden. Cool 10 mins on the sheets, then lift onto cooling racks.
- To decorate, mix icing sugar with a few drops of water until thick and smooth. Halve then slice cherries thinly to make smiles, and cut ginger into small squares. Spoon icing into a food bag, snip off the tiniest bit from one corner, then squeeze eyes and buttons, and a tiny smile onto 1 man at a time. Stick on a cherry smile and ginger buttons. Repeat; leave to set. Will keep up to 1 week in an airtight tin.
Cook Time
15M
Prep Time
PT45M
Yield
Makes 12 big gingerbread men
Nutrition
- Calories: 264 calories
- Fat Content: 10 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 6 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 43 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 20 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 1 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 3 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.33 milligram of sodium
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