Gingerbread men and other ginger bread recipes

thriftlady_2

Serve them with a glass of milk and tell them to dunk:D

Thanks for your recipe Tigs,I've been looking for one without eggs;)

viccig

Thank you everyone (the thanks button has gone ) i made Tigs' recipe and they are fab! Really lovely thank you tigs the recipe was so quick and easy!!

mandy_moo_1

tigs78 wrote:

This recipe makes lovely squishy gingerbread men...

1) 80g Margarine
2) 2 tbs Golden syrup
3) 60g Sugar
4) 1 tsp of Ginger (powder)
5) 1/2 tsp Bicarb
6) 180g Flour


Warm 1, 2 & 3 slighty and 'cream' together, sieve 4, 5 & 6 and mix in. Roll out. Gas mark 5 for 15 - 20 mins.

This sounds lovely but do i use SR flour or plain?
Thanx

helen81_2

I wondered that too! Also...havnt got any bicarb..can I skip it or replace it with something else perhaps?

mandy_moo_1

i think its the bicarb that puts the 'cracks' on the top of the biscuits, but still don't know which flour to use.....anyone know? i wanted to make some of these at the week end cos they sound gorgeous.
Off topic, what's happened to our avatars? and we can't click on the smileys anymore

tigs78

It's plain flour... Not sure what the result would be without the bicarb - can't imagine that it would make them taste nasty so why not just give it a go and report back!

mandy_moo_1

thanks for letting me kno bout the flour tigs....gonna av a go this week end! x

helen81_2

Yeah thanks tigs, im gonna make em this aft minus the bicarb..if they turn out ok, i'll let my little lad help make some too

Zziggi

Just made some of these. Absolutely lovely and soft. Really were easy gingerbread men to make.

Thanks to the poster.

mandy_moo_1

just wanted to let you know i've just made some of these...i'm not the world's best baker, but these were bl**dy lovely!!!
didn't have a gingerbread man cutter so i made the mix into walnut sized balls and flattened em slightly and they taste as good as McVities!!!
This was such an easy recipe, does anyone know if i could make variations along the same lines ie) substitute the ginger for cocoa to make chocolate ones?
Thanks to OP for this post