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Gingerbread People

Makes 25
40 minutes
Difficulty Easy
11 Ingredients

Great for a rainy day activity with the kids.

Ingredients (makes 25 Gingerbread people)

125g Butter
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Egg Yolk
2 1/2 Cups Plain Flour
1 Tsp Bicarbonate of soda
3 Tsp Ground Ginger
2 1/2 Tbsp Golden Syrup
1 1/2 Cups Pure icing sugar
1 Egg White
4 Drops Lemon Juice
Food Colouring

Method

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add egg yolk, beat well. Gradually add sifted flour, bicarbonate of soda, and ground ginger. Add syrup, mix well, knead lightly.
Divide dough into portions. Roll each portion between two sheets of baking paper to about 3mm thickness.
Gently remove the top piece of baking paper and cut out gingerbread figures either with a cookie cutter or using a knife. Repeat until all of the dough has been used.
Transfer figures onto a lightly greased oven tray. Bake in a preheated 180•C oven for 10 minutes. Cool on trays.
To make the royal icing: Sift icing sugar. Beat egg white lightly in a small bowl. Add icing sugar, one tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition. When icing reaches piping consistency, beat in lemon juice and desired food colouring.
Spoon icing into a small plastic bag, snip off one corner to make a piping bag. Decorate as you wish.

Notes

*We often use a different icing recipe that is basically just; icing sugar, a little butter, hot water and food colouring.

14 Comments
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- - mom19782016 said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    5:27 pm
So cute I love this tradition and recipe

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- - mom327228 said
  - 24 Nov 2019
    8:41 pm
Amazing and eye catching recipe for kids

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- - mom111059 said
  - 28 Jan 2019
    7:48 pm
Gingerbread is so nice to have for Christmas. Thanks

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- - mom112023 said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    9:17 pm
Thanks for the recipe. Look great.

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- - happymum2018 said
  - 17 Dec 2018
    6:46 pm
Love gingerbread and love making it and having it at Christmas great recipe

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- - mom206279 said
  - 14 Dec 2018
    7:39 am
We love making gingerbread people

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- - nealsq said
  - 09 Dec 2018
    7:24 pm
love ginger bread men love Christmas time foods!

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- - curlytops said
  - 06 Dec 2018
    9:01 pm
great to have fun with the kids decorating these.

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- - mom325275 said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    10:00 am
These are so cute, esp for the kids to decorate

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- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    4:12 pm
Something that will keep the kids busy with the decorations. Love the idea!!
- mom93821 replied
  
  04 Dec 2018 , 6:30 am
  Decorating gingerbread is indeed a fun holiday activity – lots get eaten too!
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- - mom112217 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    2:29 pm
A recipe for young and old to enjoy! Thanks!

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- - Mum2archer said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    10:11 am
Great recipe for this time of the year to make as a bring a plate to a function. The kids would love helping to make and decorate!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    4:48 am
We love making gingerbread and it one of our favourite cooking activities to do over the festive season. Your gingerbread people look cute!

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