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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (63g) Recipe makes 15 servings
Calories 247
Calories from Fat 65		(26%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 7.3g	11%
	Saturated Fat 4.4g	21%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.9g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 30mg		10%
Sodium 146mg		6%
Potassium 59mg		1%
Total Carbohydrate 44.0g		14%
	Dietary Fiber 0.6g	2%
	Sugars 21.9g
Protein 2.7g		5%
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Gingerbread Men

Recipe #233993 | 28 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: Perfect Pixie
Jun 11, 2007

My friend is a ginger and loves the attention from it. For her birthday, I made her a gingerbread house with gingerbread men and horses (she loves horses also). The only problem I had was I over-decorated the roof so the house collapsed!!! lol But this is a great recipe for gingerbread men.

SERVES 15 -20 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

125 g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup golden syrup
1 egg yolk
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Royal Icing

1 egg white
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
food coloring

Directions

1
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2
Beat in golden syrup and egg yolk.
3
Stir in sifted dry ingredients in 2 batches.
4
Press mixture into a ball, knead on lightly floured surface until smooth, cover and put in fridge for 30 minutes.
5
Roll dough between 2 pieces of greaseproof paper until 4mm thickness.
6
Cut shapes you desire and place on lightly greased oven trays 3cm apart (they spread when cooking).
7
Bake in moderately hot oven about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and firm, cool on trays.
8
Royal icing:.
9
Whisk egg white with a fork, gradually whisk in sifted icing sugar, about 1 tbsp at a time.
10
Colour as desired and decorate.