Day 9: Gingerbread Recipe

I have been using this gingerbread recipe for about 5 years now as its the perfect treat, especially at christmas time. It takes about 30 mins to make and it's always a crowd pleaser, so what's not to love?

 Ingredients-

125g unsalted butter

100g dark muscovado sugar

4 tbsp golden syrup

325g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsp ground ginger

1) Preheat the oven to 170c/gas mark 3 and grease 2-3 baking trays

2) Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup over a pan of boiling water or in the microwave until combined.

3) In a different bowl sieve together the ginger, flour and bicarbonate of soda, then add the melted ingredients and stir till a stiff dough forms.

4) Roll out the dough on a floured surface and then cut into whatever shapes you want, I chose little gingerbread men, and place onto the greased trays.

5) Bake for 9-10 minutes until golden brown, though it may be longer if the shapes are bigger.

6) Let them cool for a few minutes before serving. Or about 10 seconds depending on how hungry you are.

 I ended up with quite a few headless gingerbread men unfortunately :(

Tweet me a pic @KatieCorbett98 if you try out the recipe!