Gingerbread
makes one family sized house
Ingredients
- 375gm butter
- 200gm brown sugar
- 250 ml golden syrup
- 3 eggs separated
- 1125g plain flour
- 3 tablespoons ginger
- 3 tablespoons mixed spice
- 3 teaspoon bicarb soda
- for icing
- 300 gm pure icing sugar sifted (+ egg whites from above separated eggs)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees
- Line 2 baking trays
- Beat butter and sugar until breamy
- Add golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined
- Stir in flour, spices and bicarb soda
- Tip onto lightly floured surface, knead until smooth
- Place in fridge for 30 mins covered with cling wrap
- Remove from fridge and roll/cut to shape (1cm think)
- Bake 8-10 minutes
- (for 'glazed windows' crush boiled lollies and place in precut window holes halfway through cooking)
- For icing lightly whisk 3 egg whites, gradually add icing sugar and mix until mixture is smooth and holds a soft peak. Spoon into piping bag.
- Decorate with lollies