My offering is a recipe for Gingerbread Men (or people if that is more PC!) which is something the whole famly can get involved with. I made some this morning with Burton, although ours resemble anything but 'men' shapes! Plus he just wanted to bang the cutter on the worktop really,but he did get stuck in sort of anyway!
INGREDIENTS
175g plain flour
2tsp grond ginger
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
55g of butter or margarine
85g soft brown sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 egg, beaten
Things to decorate your gingerbread people eg. Smarties, raisins, choc chips, jelly orange & lemon cake decorations
METHOD
Preheat the oen to 190oC/170oC fan/gas mark 5/ 375oF
Sift the flour, ginger and bicarb into a lare mixing bowl
Add the butter or marg and rub into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs and then mix in the sugar
Warm the syrup in a small saucepan on a low heat until runny, then add to the breadcrumb mixture along with the beaten egg.
Mix to form a soft dough (note- if dough too sticky then add more flour)
Then knead lightly until smooth
Roll, or in my case press down the mixture with your hands, on a lightly floured surface
and then using a cutter, make your gingerbread people
Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and cook for about 10 minutes, or until crisp and golden (or less time if you prefer them more soft). Then allow to cool
Use your decorations to make eyes, smiles and buttons.
We didnt decorate ours because they are mainly for Burton and he likes them plain. As you can see ours look very original :)
Still they tasted ok!
And Daddy tried one too
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I love these, especially as you have clearly allowed him to join in! Just what play should be all about. I think they are some of the most beautiful gingerbread people I have ever seen! Thanks for linking to Family Fun!
ReplyDeleteLoved this, really made me giggle, all the different shapes and sizes, all different like little people should be!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had fab fun! Mich x
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to see him getting stuck in. My oldest is nearly 8 and gingerbread is still one of our favourites to bake.
ReplyDeleteHow cute! He really made me smile!!! We like ours plain too.. though I think Red Ted likes chocolate on his, he isn't too keen on icing!
ReplyDeleteWell done Burton!! And thanks for linking up :-) fab to see you over at Kids Get Crafty!!!!
Maggy x
you can't beat a good gingerbread man, haven't made any since Xmas, think we may have to give it a go again soon.
ReplyDeleteYay, that looks amazing! I have come to really enjoy cooking with The Boy but I've not tried anything on this level before.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to ShowOff ShowCase again lovely.
thanks for linking this recipe up too..there are so many gingerbread men recipes and so many I've tried but I always forget which one I likes best! I need a recipe journal......
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