Gingerbread

Gingerbread is my go to biscuit for any occasion but especially at Christmas time. I have found the best recipe and it is really easy. But most importantly it is yummy.

 

So here goes. Firstly sift 3 1/2 cups of self raising flour, 1 cup of plain flour, 6 teaspoons of ground ginger, 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of ground mix spice into a bowl. And add 1 cup of brown sugar.

 

With an electric mixer place the dry ingredients and 185 grams of chopped soften butter. On a slow speed to start mix until it resembles breadcrumbs.

 

In a jug whisk together 1/2 a cup of golden syrup and 2 eggs. With the motor running add the egg mixture to form a dough.

 

Turn out dough onto a floured surface. Knead together until smooth. Cut the dough in half and wrap in cling wrap. Let it rest for at least 30 minutes.

 

Roll out 1 portion of the dough. The best way to get a smooth and even biscuit is to roll the dough out between 2 sheets of baking paper. Roll the dough out to about 5 mm thick. Cut out to whatever shape you want. I did reindeers. It is Christmas after all.

 

Lay the cut out biscuits onto a biscuit tray. Freeze the biscuits for 15 minutes. Whilst freezing the biscuits preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius.

 

After 15 minute place one tray at a time into the oven. I cooked my reindeer of 12 minutes. If you are making larger biscuits you might need a couple of extra minutes.

 

Allow the biscuits to cool on a wire rack. I didn't decorate my reindeer's but when I have decorated them in the past I used royal icing.

 

 

I packaged mine in gift boxes to give to my family and friends for Christmas.

Until next time happy cooking. 

 

***Ingredients

•  3 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1 cup of plain flour
• 6 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground mix spice
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 185g butter
• 1/2 cup golden syrup
• 2 eggs