Gingerbread men and other ginger bread recipes

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Gingerbread men and other ginger bread recipes

I'll add this thread to that one later to keep the recipes in one place.

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young_un

Thankyou!

krlyr

Recently found this very simple recipe. Found it makes a biscuit very similar to the supermarket kind (but a bit better!). Topped with royal icing, they're fab!
http://studentrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/ginger-bread-biscuits/

Initially it looks too crumbly but once you've mixed all the ingredients with an electric whisk, proceed to knead and the warmth of your hands helps bring it all together into a dough. Cooking for a shorter time makes a soft gingerbread biscuit, you can experiment with your batches. They tend to taste better the day(s) after being baked though!

Justamum

krlyr wrote: »

Recently found this very simple recipe. Found it makes a biscuit very similar to the supermarket kind (but a bit better!). Topped with royal icing, they're fab!
http://studentrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/ginger-bread-biscuits/

That looks like a great recipe - and one that's easily adaptable to making different flavours.

young_un

I'm making gingerbread people for the first time tomorrow to test the recipe and it says I need ground cloves, I searched the cupboard and found I have whole cloves could I just crush them til they're ground would that be the same?
Sorry for the daft question
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hilstep2000

Crush them in a pestle and mortar or processor, they'll be fine!

young_un

Ah thank you! I didn't know if that would work
Thanks a lot!
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hilstep2000

You're welcome, hope it's good gingerbread!