Hill Biscuits Gingerbread Men Mini Packs - 80x30g

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Chill the dough before you bake them. This will stop your gingerbread people from spreading too much in the oven. Just 20 minutes in the fridge should do the job.

Only a small amount of raising agent is used in this recipe for gingerbread biscuits. These aren’t you soft, squidgy, nearly cake-like gingerbread men…these are crunchy, with a bit of snap when you break them gingerbread men. Simple plain flour helps us achieve that texture. Lastly, don’t worry if the gingerbread men look a little wonky once your kids have decorated them. My kids loved adding all the icing and smarties etc, but they certainly look a little rough around the edges. I think this is part of the fun of baking with kids – letting them use their imagination, and really take ownership of the things they make. To make things really easy, you can use writing icers to decorate your gingerbread men. These come ready made, and are a fun and easy way for kids to add buttons, eyes, mouths etc. Bake the biscuits for 8–10 minutes, or until they are rich brown at the sides and slightly paler in the centre.

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These biscuits are very easy to make. Just put all the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices in a large bowl. Rub the butter in with your finger tips till you get a breadcrumb consistency. Then mix in the sugar. If you don’t have gingerbread man cookie cutters, you can use this recipe to make any shaped ginger cookie you like. If you still want to be festive, try a star or Christmas tree shape or use any other shape you have.

Brown sugar– I’ve used ordinary brown sugar here. Light brown sugar results in a slightly lighter colour gingerbread and dark brown sugar can also be used which yields a richer, deeper brown colour. All are tasty! Weigh the butter then chop it up with a butter/blunt knife into a small pieces before adding it to the flour. This will make it easier to mix into the flour and it an easy way for little kids to practice their knife skills. And is there any cookie more Christmas-y than Gingerbread Men? I KNOW not! Smells like Christmas, tastes like Christmas, looks like Christmas! The best icing to use to decorating Gingerbread Men is Royal Icing. It’s suitable for piping intricate designs which means it’s perfect for putting smiley faces on our Gingerbread Men, giving them decorative pants / skirts / shorts and gluing on belly buttons etc. As these gingerbread biscuits are loaded with flavour from the ginger & cinnamon – not to mention the sweetness of the sugar and golden syrup – the choice of butter or margarine purely comes down to personal preference, as neither will really enhance or effect the overall taste. I like margarine as a way to omit the dairy (making these vegan gingerbread men) and because it is less expensive.Put them on baking trays lined with baking paper and bake in the oven for just 7 minutes to get soft chewy gingerbread biscuits. If you want a harder gingerbread then you can bake them for 9-10 minutes. How long do ginger bread biscuits keep? And finally, there’s a job that everyone will enjoy – decorating the gingerbread men! Whether your’re using icing writers or homemade icing, or just adding smartie buttons, this is a fun job to do together at Christmas time. Corn Syrup– This gives the icing a great flavor and gives it a consistency that’s great for decorating.