Gingerbread Men
Great festive fun can be had making these gingerbread men and what’s really good is that the pastry will stay fresh in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Recipe - Buncrana - Kavanagh's
Gingerbread Men
Prep Time15 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time14 Minutes
Ingredients
2 tsp Baking Powder
175 g Black Treacle
1 - Fresh Egg beaten
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Cloves
2 tsp Ground Ginger
600 g Plain Flour
175 g SuperValu Brown Sugar
175 g SuperValu Butter
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- Put the sugar, treacle and spices into a small saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
- Remove from the heat and add in the butter. Cool slightly and then add in the beaten egg.
- Stir in the sifted flour and baking powder and combine.
- Wrap and rest in the fridge for a couple of hours but preferably overnight.
- When you are ready to make the gingerbread men take out the pastry and leave it for 10-15 minutes to come back to room temperature.
- Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of approximately ¼ inch. Cut out shapes using your gingerbread men cutter and place onto a greased baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes
- Decorate with tiny sweets, sugar strands or chocolate drops (use royal icing as an adhesive!)
15 minutes
Prep Time
14 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Dr. Oetker Baking Powder (170 g)
€2.05€12.06/kg
Tate & Lyle's Black Treacle (454 g)
€1.89€4.16/kg
SuperValu Free Range Large Eggs (6 Piece)
€2.25€0.38 each
Schwartz Spices Cinnamon Sticks (13 g)
€3.05€234.62/kg
Goodalls Whole Cloves Glass (32 g)
€3.75€117.19/kg
SuperValu Organic Ginger (150 g)
€2.25€15.00/kg
SuperValu Plain Flour (2 kg)
€2.55€1.28/kg
SuperValu Light Golden Brown Sugar (500 g)
€1.05€2.10/kg
SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (454 g)
€3.59€7.91/kg
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- Put the sugar, treacle and spices into a small saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
- Remove from the heat and add in the butter. Cool slightly and then add in the beaten egg.
- Stir in the sifted flour and baking powder and combine.
- Wrap and rest in the fridge for a couple of hours but preferably overnight.
- When you are ready to make the gingerbread men take out the pastry and leave it for 10-15 minutes to come back to room temperature.
- Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of approximately ¼ inch. Cut out shapes using your gingerbread men cutter and place onto a greased baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes
- Decorate with tiny sweets, sugar strands or chocolate drops (use royal icing as an adhesive!)