School has smelt wonderful this week as Year R have been baking Gingerbread Men! The children made and decorated the Gingerbread Men as part of their Traditional Tales topic. See below the pictures for recipe, in case you fancy making some at home!!
Rolling pin
Gingerbread man cutter
Sweets of your choice for decoration
350g plain flour
175g light soft brown sugar
100g butter
1 medium egg
4 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Icing
Put the flour, butter, ginger and bicarbonate
of soda into a mixing bowl.
Mix it together with your fingertips until it is
crumbly.
Add the sugar, syrup and egg.
Mix until it forms a firm pastry mix.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C or Gas Mark 4.
Dust your work surface with flour.
Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry until
it’s about 5mm thick.
Using the pastry cutter, cut out the shapes.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C or Gas Mark 4.
Dust your work surface with flour.
Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry until
it’s about 5mm thick.
Using the pastry cutter, cut out the shapes.
cooling rack.Whilst they are cooling, gather together the
items you want to decorate your gingerbread
people with.You could use raisins, chocolate drops,
chocolate buttons and more!
where you want to put a decoration, and
then stick the decoration on top.