Christmas Gingerbread
Enjoy Christmas Gingerbread Whether You’ve Been Naughty Of Nice!
It was last Christmas when I photographed the Christmas treats in this image. I could never have imagined then what the following 12 months would be like let alone how this Christmas would unfold. Like many people around the world baking has been a frequent past time for me this year. I maintain that baking as therapy is really important. It is a great way to pass the time and to centre oneself amid the chaos. This Christmas I highly recommend you treat yourself to Milly Molly and Me’s Christmas Gingerbread. For me it is the taste of Christmas that is perfect with your favourite cuppa or something stronger.
I do offer a word of caution – my Christmas Gingerbread is sugar loaded so avoid it if it is an issue for you or limit yourself to a small number of biscuits. It contains both brown sugar and golden syrup so you can see what I am talking about.
In terms of taste, it is laden with ginger. I use a lot of ginger because I like it but feel free to add it a little at a time until you reach the taste that you are comfortable with. It’s your choice. In terms of texture you will need to add extra flour until you achieve a dough that is not too sticky and perfect for rolling out. I don’t provide a measurement for that extra flour as it will be dependent on the size of your eggs and the level of humidity where you are. Just add a little at a time.
This Christmas Gingerbread is perfect for cutting into shapes. We make crinkle edged biscuits and tiny gingerbread men which can then be decorated – you have a blank canvas.
Special Times Every Christmas
Every Christmas dinner that I share with my family my father recites a few lines from ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. As a blessing for our gathering he enthusiastically recounts the words of Tiny Tim – “God bless us everyone”- I love that so much as it sets the tone of our special meal which has so lovingly been put together.
I really hope that you have the supplies and the incentive to bake this Christmas Gingerbread this year if only to lift the spirits and create a little festivity in the gloom and I say unreservedly – “God bless us everyone!”
PS: I have other treats in this image – White Christmas and chocolate and mixed peel bark – so good, reach out to me for the recipes!
Christmas Gingerbread
Treat yourself to baking therapy and Christmas cheer.
Ingredients
- 125 g butter softened
- 1/2 cup golden syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 tbsp ground ginger or add to taste
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups plain flour plus extra
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 160°C. Melt butter, sugar and golden syrup. Add beaten eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients. Add extra flour a little at a time until the dough is less sticky and easy to roll. (Form a small ball in your fingers to test.) Form into a dough. Roll out between sheets of baking paper – not too thin. Chill in freezer. Cut out shapes. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes until barely golden.
Christmas Gingerbread
Treat yourself to baking therapy and Christmas cheer.
Ingredients
- 125 g butter softened
- 1/2 cup golden syrup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 tbsp ground ginger or add to taste
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups plain flour plus extra
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 160°C. Melt butter, sugar and golden syrup. Add beaten eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients. Add extra flour a little at a time until the dough is less sticky and easy to roll. (Form a small ball in your fingers to test.) Form into a dough. Roll out between sheets of baking paper – not too thin. Chill in freezer. Cut out shapes. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes until barely golden.
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