Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without baking a batch of warmly spiced gingerbread biscuits. Try this easy recipe using molasses and golden syrup – they’re fabulously sweet, slightly chewy and look great when decorated!
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Ingredients
- 150g unsalted butter
- 90g golden syrup
- 50g molasses
- 50g soft light brown sugar
- 350g plain flour, plus extra to dust
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
For the icing
- 200g golden icing sugar
You’ll also need…
- Gingerbread person cutter of your choice – we used a small one, around 7cm
- 2 large baking sheets lined with non-stick baking paper
- Piping bag fitted with 3mm plain nozzle
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Method
- Put the butter, golden syrup, molasses and sugar in a large saucepan over a low-medium heat and melt gently, stirring until combined. Remove from the heat and stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and salt to form a dough. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out, flatten to a disc and wrap well. Chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours (see Make Ahead).
- Remove the dough from the fridge, allow to warm up for 5 minutes, then roll out on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a pound coin. Use the gingerbread cutter to cut out as many biscuits as possible, transferring to the prepared baking sheets as you go. Re-roll any trimmings and repeat. Chill the biscuits for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden and puffed, then leave to cool completely on the baking sheets.
- For the icing, mix the icing sugar with 40ml water until it reaches a smooth, stiff-but-pipeable consistency. Spoon into the piping bag, then decorate the gingerbread people as you like. Leave to set for at least 2 hours (see Make Ahead), then serve.
Nutrition
- 139 Calories
- 5.2g (3.2g sat fat) Fat
- 1.5g Protein
- 21.2g (10g sugar) Carbs
- 0.7g Fibre
- 0.2g Salt
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