How to make Gingerbread Men

You will need:

350g plan flour [plus extra for rolling],

1 tsp bicarbonate soda,

2 tsp ground ginger,

125g butter,

175g light, soft, brown sugar,

1 free-range egg,

4tbp golden syrup

Writing icing,

Cake decorations,

Cutters,

1tsp ground cinnamom.

 

Step 1-  Thoroughly wash your hands.

Step 2- Now steadily put the flour, bicarbonate soda, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl, start to stir.

Step 3- Thirdly, add the butter and put into a blender [make sure you hold the top down]. If you do not have a blender use your hands, keep doing it until it looks like bread crumbs.

Step 4- Slowly stir in the sugar.

Step 5-  Lightly  beat the egg and golden syrup and carefully  add it to the mixture [ don’t spill any ]. Mix together until all the clumps are gone.

Step 6- Put some flour on a surface and tip you mixture on to the surface.

Step 7- Roll out the dough.

Step 8- Choose all your cutters and use them [ make the dough into a ball again and roll out ].

Step 9-  Quickly put all your ginger bread in the oven, at a heat of 180 decrease and set time for 15 minutes.

Step 10-  Let them cool for 10 minutes.

Step 11- EAT UP!!

 

TIP:

Ginger bread is sometimes used as finger food at weddings ginger bread is ment for eating. Don’t worry your ginger bread wont run away like the one in the book!

by V.J