The Ultimate Golden Gingerbread
published by Holly Eliza on Mar 22, 2009
I would have called this The-Most-Unbelievably-Amazing-And-Easy-Gingerbread-You-Will-Ever-Taste-In-Your-Entire-Life Recipe, but it made the title a bit long. So I’ve put it here instead. It is, by the way. Trust me, it came from the wonderful Mrs Le-Brun, my second mother if ever I had one.
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Ingredients
- 175g/6oz plain flour
- 1.5ml/ 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- pinch of salt
- 5ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 5ml/1 tsp mixed spice (optional)
- 65g/2.5oz unsalted butter, cut in pieces
- 75g/3oz caster sugar
- 30ml/2tbsp maple or golden syrup
- 1 egg yolk beaten
Method
- Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and spices. Rub the butter into the flour in a large bowl until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add sugar, syrup and egg yolk and mix to a firm dough. Knead lightly. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes before shaping.
- Roll and cut out shapes.
- Bake at 180C/350f/Gas 4 for approx 10 minutes, or until golden.
- Place on a cooling rack, or eat them while they’re still soft and warm!
# 1 by Tarra Buluran
March 22nd, 2009 at 6:07 am #
I love to cook. Thanks for this recipe. I”ll try it.
# 2 by Elizabeth Abbott
April 16th, 2009 at 5:49 pm #
This melts in my watering mouth. Yum. I so love gingerbread!