Weekly Activity
Gingerbread men biscuits
| One of the things that puts parents off the idea of cooking with their children - apart from the inevitable mess it makes, is the lack of really easy straightforward recipes. Unlike some other gingerbread recipes that involve rubbing in and chilling the dough in the fridge, this recipe really is child's play. | 
Cutting out the gingerbread men
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It was given to me by Felicity Cory, who has over twenty five years experience running St. Mary's Church Hall Pre-School in Warsash, Hampshire and regularly uses this recipe with the children. |
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Pre-heat
oven to gas mark 5, 375° F (190° C)
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Melt the
butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan stirring occasionally.
When melted remove from heat. Meanwhile sift the flour, bicarbonate
of soda and ground ginger into a large bowl. Stir the melted ingredients
into the dry ingredients until you have a fairly stiff dough. Turn
out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to a thickness of
about ¼ inch.
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| Cut out the gingerbread men using a cutter which has its edge dipped in flour. You may find you have to roll out the dough a couple of times to get four or five biscuits. The biscuits will be fairly soft so it's a good idea to use a palette knife to lift them on to a lightly greased baking tray. Use raisins to make the eyes and buttons of your gingerbread men and then bake in the oven for eight to ten minutes until a lovely golden brown. Let them cool until hard on the baking tray and then remove onto a cooling rack. | |
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Once the biscuits are really cold you can decorate them however you like. The sort of coloured icing that comes in tubes is really easy to use and you can try smarties, dolly mixtures, silver balls, sprinkles etc. to make them really colourful. Then comes the best bit of all - eating them! They're delicious, try them and see. |
