GINGERBREAD PEOPLE RECIPES

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GINGERBREAD PEOPLE RECIPE | BBC GOOD FOOD



Gingerbread people recipe | BBC Good Food image

Make decorating these adorable gingerbread people even easier (and less messy!) with tubes of shop-bought icing and sweets. Get the kids involved too

Provided by Miriam Nice

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat

Total Time 1 hours

Prep Time 45 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 10

175g dark muscovado sugar
85g golden syrup
100g butter
350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
ready-made writing icing
chocolate buttons or small sweets (optional)

Steps:

  • Melt the sugar, golden syrup and butter in a saucepan, then bubble for 1-2 mins. Leave to cool for about 10 mins.
  • Tip the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a large bowl. Add the warm syrup mixture and the egg, stir everything together, then gently knead in the bowl until smooth and streak-free. The dough will firm up once cooled. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 mins.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge, leave at room temperature until softened. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line two baking trays with baking parchment.
  • Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin, then cut out gingerbread people with a cutter. Re-roll the excess dough and keep cutting until it’s all used up.
  • Lift the biscuits onto the trays and bake for 10-12 mins, swapping the trays over halfway through cooking. Leave to cool on the trays for 5 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Use the icing to decorate the biscuits as you wish, and stick on chocolate or sweets for buttons. Leave to dry for 1-2 hrs. Will keep for up to three days in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 154 calories, FatContent 5 grams fat, SaturatedFatContent 3 grams saturated fat, CarbohydrateContent 26 grams carbohydrates, SugarContent 12 grams sugar, FiberContent 1 grams fiber, ProteinContent 2 grams protein, SodiumContent 0.3 milligram of sodium

GINGERBREAD RECIPE | BAKING RECIPES | JAMIE OLIVER



Gingerbread Recipe | Baking Recipes | Jamie Oliver image

Kids will love making, decorating and eating these biscuits – but let’s face it, more the eating! They can either be given as gifts, or used to decorate the tree. Make things more fun with a variety of cutters.

Total Time 40 minutes

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 8

300 g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
125 g unsalted butter
100 g soft light brown sugar
3 tablespoons golden syrup

Steps:

    1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas 4 and line 2 baking sheets with baking paper. In a large bowl combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda and the spices.
    2. Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan over a low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves, then add it to the dry ingredients. Stir in until it forms a stiff dough, then cut it in half.
    3. Transfer the paper from the baking sheets to a work surface and place a portion of the dough on each. Roll out to 5mm thick, then cut out directly on the paper, leaving a 2cm gap between each. Save the cuttings to make more people, or round ginger biscuits.
    4. Carefully lift the papers back onto the baking sheets and bake the gingerbread in the oven for about 12 minutes, or until lightly golden.
    5. Leave to cool on the sheet for a few minutes – if you want to hang them as decorations, now is the time to pierce a hole through the top of each with a skewer – then move to a wire rack.
    6. Once cool, ice the gingerbread men and decorate with sprinkles, sweets and edible glitter.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181 calories, FatContent 7.8 g fat, SaturatedFatContent 4.5 g saturated fat, ProteinContent 2.1 g protein, CarbohydrateContent 27.9 g carbohydrate, SugarContent 11.5 g sugar, SodiumContent 0.2 g salt, FiberContent 0.7 g fibre

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