Gingerbread Men and Reindeer
Ingredients
Ingredients
For the recipe Gingerbread Men and Reindeer
For the Gingerbread:
| 300 g | Plain Flour |
| 5 g | Dr. Oetker Bicarbonate of Soda |
| 10 g | Ground Ginger |
| 5 g | Ground Cinnamon |
| 115 g | Unsalted butter |
| 75 g | Light Brown Sugar |
| 75 g | Dark Brown Sugar |
| 45 ml | Golden Syrup |
| 1 | Medium Egg |
For the Decoration:
| Dr. Oetker White Designer Icing | |
| Dr. Oetker Bright Writing Icing | |
| 20 g | Dr. Oetker Milk Chocolate Chips |
| 1 g | Dr. Oetker Bright and Bold 4-Cell |
preparation
Preparation
For the Gingerbread
Place the butter, light brown sugar and dark brown sugar in a bowl and creamy together, once smooth add the egg and golden syrup. Mix together to form a smooth paste.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, Bicarbonate of Soda, cinnamon and ginger. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together until a dough is formed – this is easiest to do in a free standing mixer but you can also mix the dough together by hand.
Once the dough has formed, knead on a surface lightly dusted with flour. Roll out the dough to a thickness about ½ cm and cut out gingerbread men with a cutter about 12cm in height, re-rolling the dough as required.
Place the gingerbread men on a tray lined with greaseproof paper, spaced slightly apart. Chill your gingerbread men in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
10 minutes before baking pre-heat the oven to 200°C (180°C Fan/ Gas Mark 5). Once chilled place your gingerbread men in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until slightly darker in colour, the biscuits will firm up on cooling. Allow your biscuits to cool on the baking tray for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Once cooled it’s time to begin decorating; use your designer icing to pipe the details onto the gingerbread men and reindeers. – if the designer icing is too firm place in a jug of warm water for a minute to loosen the icing.
Use the Writing Icing, Chocolate Chips and Sprinkles to add more intricate details and get creative!
Nutritional Information for the recipe Gingerbread Men and Reindeer
| Per Serving | Per 100 g / ml | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy |
1830
kJ
437 kcal |
1691
kJ
404 kcal |
| Fat | 15.18 g | 14.06 g |
| Carbohydrate | 69.00 g | 63.89 g |
| Protein | 4.95 g | 4.58 g |