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Gingerbread recipe

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ginger
100g butter
1 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp golden syrup
1 egg, beaten

Process

  1. Grease 3 baking sheets
  2. Sift the flour, baking powder and ginger into a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Beat the syrup into the egg and stir into the bowl.
  3. Mix to form a dough and knead until smooth.
  4. Divide into two and roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thick. Using a gingerbread man cutter, cut out figures and place on baking sheets. Bake in oven at 190 degrees C for 12-15 minutes until golden. Cool slightly, then place on a wire rack.