Grasmere Gingerbread

Name: Grasmere Gingerbread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp mixed spice; 50g caster sugar; 50g demerara sugar; 125g cold butter, cubed

A dense, chewy-crisp spiced gingerbread pressed into bars and baked until deeply golden, a Lake District specialty that is closer to a spiced shortbread than a soft cake.

Total time

33 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

18 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

225gplain flour

1 tspbaking powder

1/2 tspbicarbonate of soda

1 tspground ginger

1/2 tspmixed spice

50gcaster sugar

50gdemerara sugar

125gcold butter, cubed

Instructions

Mix flour, baking powder, bicarb, spices and both sugars.

Rub in cold butter until the mixture resembles rough crumbs.

Press firmly into a lined 20x30cm tin — no more than 1cm thick.

Bake at 190°C for 15-18 minutes until golden.

Mark into bars while warm. Cool completely before breaking.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

480

Protein

6.1g

Fat

25.9g

Carbs

56.2g

Fiber

1.6g

Sodium

291mg

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