History Cookbook: Gingerbread
This recipe is in categories Postwar / Modern, Baking
About this recipe
Healthiness : (160 votes)
Difficulty: 
Comments: Use oven gloves when handling the hot baking sheet.
Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes+ 40 minutes cooling time
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
Number of servings: Makes 12-16
This is a vegetarian recipe
This is the most modern recipe on the Cookit site. It is a lighter, golden version of the more traditional gingerbread. These are easy to make and keep well. Our biscuits were decorated to hang on a Christmas tree but you can make yours for any occasion.

Comments: Use oven gloves when handling the hot baking sheet.
Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes+ 40 minutes cooling time
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
Number of servings: Makes 12-16
This is a vegetarian recipe
This is the most modern recipe on the Cookit site. It is a lighter, golden version of the more traditional gingerbread. These are easy to make and keep well. Our biscuits were decorated to hang on a Christmas tree but you can make yours for any occasion.
Ingredients
- 75g (3 oz) golden syrup
- 65g (2 1/2 oz) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves (optional)
- 65g (2 1/2 oz) butter or margarine
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp water
- 1 egg, beaten
- 300g (10 oz) plain flour
Icing (optional)
- 100g (3 1/2) oz icing sugar
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- few drops food colouring
Equipment
- Weighing scales
- Teaspoon
- Wooden spoon
- Mixing bowl
- Cling film
- Cutters
- Baking sheet
- Greaseproof paper
- Cooling rack
Making and cooking it

- Put the golden syrup, sugar and spices and butter in a pan, melt together
- Add the bicarbonate of soda to the flour
- Pour on the melted mixture and stir in
- Whisk the egg and add
- Mix thoroughly to make a soft dough
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill for 30-40 minutes
- Pre heat the oven to Gas 7, 220C
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 3mm thick
- Use an eating knife or cutters to cut the biscuit shapes out
- Re-roll the left over dough until you have cut biscuits from all of it
- Grease a baking sheet, place the biscuits on and bake for 10-15 minutes
- Leave on the baking sheet for 1 minute to firm up
- Use a fish slice to transfer them to a cooling rack (If you want to hang them up, use a skewer to make a small hole while they are still warm)
- Store in an airtight container when cool. You can decorate them too when they are cold

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Name: Kyle | 22nd November 2015 |
The book sounds very good! Thanks for shiarng something that actually works, saves time, and money. You are awsome for testing a great new for the rest of us. |
Name: Yummyness!!! | 8th December 2014 |
This is absolutely amazing! Try making a gingerbread house out of it. But make sure it's the right thickness, else it'll fall! I'd recommend having it the thickness of two pound coins. |
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