Gingerbread
3 cups plain flour
2.5 teaspoons ginger
1.25 teaspoons ground cinnamon
.5 teaspoon nutmeg
.25 teaspoon ground cloves
.5 baking powder
.75 cup golden syrup
250g butter
.5 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 egg – beaten
Method:
· Sift the first 6 ingredients together
· Heat golden syrup gently until bubbles form around the edges
· Stir in the butter 30g at a time
· Beat in sugar and egg
· Make a well in the flour then pour syrup mixture into it
· Mix to form a dough
· Knead lightly
· Rest for 30 minutes in fridge
· Roll out dough and cut into desired shapes
· Bake for approximately 10 minutes at 180 Celsius
Royal Icing
1 egg white
100g icing sugar (sifted)
Squeeze of lemon juice
Food colouring
Method:
· Beat the egg white until stiff
· Add icing sugar a bit at a time while still beating
· Add the juice
· Add colour if using
