Gingerbread Men

Name: Gingerbread Men
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350g plain flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 125g cold butter, cubed; 175g brown sugar; 1 egg; 4 tbsp golden syrup; royal icing for decorating

Classic British spiced gingerbread cookies, rolled out and cut into the shape of little people, then baked until firm.

Total time

60 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

350gplain flour

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

2 tspground ginger

1 tspcinnamon

125gcold butter, cubed

175gbrown sugar

1egg

4 tbspgolden syrup

royal icingfor decorating

Instructions

Sift flour, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon. Rub in butter.

Stir in sugar. Mix egg and golden syrup and stir into dry ingredients to form a dough.

Chill 30 minutes. Roll to 5mm thick. Cut into gingerbread men.

Bake at 180°C for 12-15 minutes. Cool completely.

Pipe royal icing details to decorate.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

794

Protein

11g

Fat

27.4g

Carbs

127.1g

Fiber

2.7g

Sodium

383mg

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