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The Best Gingerbread

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(3)
  • Makes 20
  • 15 minutes
  • 30 minutes

Recipe supplied by Western Star.

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Ingredients

20 Makes*
Gingerbread
125 g Western Star Chef’s Choice Unsalted Butter, chopped
1/3 cup (60 g) brown sugar
1/3 cup (80 ml) golden syrup
1 egg
2 and 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tbsp ginger, ground
2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp cloves, ground
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Icing
1 egg white
2 cups (approx.) pure icing sugar, sifted
Gold dragees, to decorate (gold decorating sugar balls)
*Serving size calculator is approximate, feel free to adjust by adding a pinch here and there as needed

Method

  1. Pre heat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan forced. Line baking trays with baking paper.
  2. Melt butter, brown sugar and golden syrup together in a saucepan, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.
  3. Whisk egg and butter mixture in a large bowl. Sift flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda over the butter mixture and mix until combined into a smooth dough. Flatten into a disc shape, cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for 30 - 40 minutes or until just firm.
  4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to ½ cm thickness. Cut into shapes using chosen cookie cutters and use a lifter to transfer onto lightly buttered trays. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until cooked and lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes on trays before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.4. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to ½ cm thickness. Cut into shapes using chosen cookie cutters and use a lifter to transfer onto lightly buttered trays. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes or until cooked and lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes on trays before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. Once gingerbread has cooled, beat egg white until foamy then gradually beat in icing sugar until piping consistency. Spoon into a piping bag. Decorate gingerbread with icing and gold dragees.

Top Tips

  • Experiment with different shaped cookie cutters. Gingerbread people and stars are great, but maybe you have a llama shaped cookie cutter that would be fun to try.
  • Mix in a drop of food colouring when making the icing to create fun colours to decorate with.

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