Ginger bread man
Ginger bread man

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ginger bread man. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. On a surface lightly dusted with flour, roll out the dough to a ¼-inch thickness. Stamp out the gingerbread men shapes with a cutter, then re-roll any off-cuts and repeat.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ginger bread man using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ginger bread man:
  1. Prepare 3 cups all purpose flour
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup sugar (brown or white)
  3. Make ready 1 egg
  4. Make ready Half cup of butter
  5. Get Pinch salt
  6. Make ready Pinch cinnamon (optional)
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
  8. Make ready 1/2-1 teaspoon ginger powder (depends on you really)

Put the flour, butter, ginger, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl. Mix it all together with fingertips until crumbly. Add the sugar, syrup and egg and mix until it forms a firm pastry mix. Let them sit on the tray for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack.

Instructions to make Ginger bread man:
  1. In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and airy (fluffy), add the egg and mix.
  2. Add the baking powder, salt, cinnamon and ginger into the sifted flour. Mix or sift them together to make sure it's well incorporated.
  3. Mix both wet and dry ingredients together to for a dough then wrap in cling film or nylon bag and refrigerate for about an hour. (You can toss it in the freezer for 30 minutes if u r in a hurry).
  4. Take it out of the bag and divide into 3 workable portions. Knead briefly and roll out flat to about 1/4 of an inch thick. Use your cutters to cut out the shapes. You can alternate with smaller cutters to make Ginger Bread Boys as well.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Bring out to cool before serving. Dont worry if they seem a little soft, it will harden up to a lovely crisp cookie once its cooled down.

Add the sugar, syrup and egg and mix until it forms a firm pastry mix. Let them sit on the tray for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack. Cool completely before decorating with icing. Cut out your ginger bread men using a cutter or use any other shapes you have to hand - we tried a few different ones. Place them on your baking tray.

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