Preparation 10 mins
Cooking 15 mins
Serves 10
Ingredients:
176g plain flour
¼ tsp soda bicarbonate
Pinch of salt
2 tsps ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
66g unsalted butter, cut in pieces
76g brown sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp black treacle
½ tbsp milk
1 egg yolk, beaten
Royal Icing:
30g egg white
180g icing sugar
Few drops of food coloring
Cooking methods:
Preheat microwave oven 180°C.
In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda bicarbonate, salt, ground ginger and ground cinnamon. Rub butter into mixture until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add in brown sugar, golden syrup, black treacle, milk and egg. Stir well to combine.
Knead lightly until dough is formed. Place dough in between two plastic sheets and roll into ½ cm thickness. Cut out shapes with gingerbread man cookie cutter.
Place cookie dough onto a metal tray lined with parchment paper.
Bake the cookies for about 12 minutes or until the cookies brown in color. Let cool on a cooling rack.
The Royal Icing:
Mix egg white and icing sugar together bit by bit. (You may not need all the icing sugar). Add in a few drops of food coloring if you are making colored icing. Stir until color is even and well mixed.
Fill several bags with royal icing and decorate as desired.
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