Gingerbread cookies. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Method. Beat together the butter, treacle, brown sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, then beat through all of the remaining dry ingredients apart from the caster sugar.

Gingerbread cookies are a must for the holidays, from gingerbread people to gingerbread houses. Lightly grease or line two baking trays. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a bowl. You can have Gingerbread cookies using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Gingerbread cookies

Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
You need 2 cups of all purpose flour.
You need 1 of egg.
You need 2 teaspoons of ground ginger.
It's 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
Prepare 3/4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon.
You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
It's of Filling:.
It's 2 cups of powdered sugar.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of butter.
You need 2 tablespoons of milk (or more).

Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs; stir in sugar. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Line two baking trays with parchment.

Gingerbread cookies step by step

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
Roll into 1 1 /2 inch balls, Then roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes or until puffy and lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool..
Filling: place all ingredients in a medium size bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Add more milk as needed. Frost cookies (once cooled off,) and enjoy!🙂.

Sieve and combine all dry ingredients into a large bowl. Melt margarine and golden syrup in a pan. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations. A unique, spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake, its reputation quickly spread and it is now enjoyed by food lovers all over the world.