JEAN-CLAD GINGERBREAD MEN

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JEAN-CLAD GINGERBREAD MEN

• What you need
• Gingerbread man cutter
• Non-stick baking tray
• Mixing bowl
• Rolling pin
• 100g Butter
• 350g Plain flour
• 5 ½ tsp ground ginger
• 1 egg
• 175g brown soft sugar
• 1 tsp Golden syrup
• 1 ½ tbsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
• Handful of raisins
• Blue icing

• Prep 30 mins Cook 15 mins
• Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
• 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.
• Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry to
  about 5mm thick. Make sure the surface and the
  rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Use
  gingerbread men cutters to cut out shapes.
• Take some raisins and use as buttons.
• Place the cut out pastry on a greased or
  non-stick baking tray.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, for
  about 15 minutes. Check after 10 minutes.
• Wait till cool to decorate with icing!