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Preparation time
15min
Total time
30min
Portion
48 portion(s)
Level
easy

Ingredients

Gingerbread dough

  • 125 grams Butter, softened
  • 70 grams brown sugar
  • 160 grams golden syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 450 grams plain flour
  • 2 teaspoon Ginger (ground)
  • 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)

Royal icing

  • 2 egg whites
  • 300 grams icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger (ground)

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Recipe's preparation

    Gingerbread dough preparation
  1. 1. Pre-heat oven to a moderate heat (180degrees)

     

    2. Cream butter and sugar for 30 seconds speed 4. Add golden syrup and mix well (5 seconds speed 4)

    3. Add egg and vanilla essence and mix 10 seconds speed 5

    4. Add flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon. Set dial to Closed lid"Closed lid" and kneed on interval speed Dough mode"Dough mode" for 50 seconds or until dough just comes together. 

    5. Turn dough out between two sheets of baking paper and roll to 5mm thickness. 

    6. Cut out gingerbread shapes, remove excess dough and re-roll dough until all is used. 

     

    Baking times will vary - large biscuits may take up to 12 mins, smaller biscuits only 5. Cook until golden brown around the edges. 

     

    7. Royal Icing. 

     

    Insert the butterfly into the bowl and add the egg whites. whisk the eggwhites until light an frothy on speed 4 (approximately 1 minute). Add the icing sugar through the lid one spoon at a time and continue to mix on speed 4 with the butterfly until soft peaks form (approximately 2 mins). Add in the ginger and mix until combined. 

     

    Decorate biscuits once cooled. This icing will set hard. 

Tip

Although each batch of biscuits will only take aroud 5 - 10 mins to cook, you will need to do quite a few trays - so allow for a good 40 mins total rolling and baking time. 

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    Recipe is created for
    TM 31

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