Gingerbread Man Recipe | Decorated with Royal Icing

Gingerbread Man Recipe | Decorated with Royal Icing

A Gingerbread man is a biscuit made of gingerbread, usually in the shape of a man although gingerbread women are common too, as are cookies shaped according to seasonal themes (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc).

GingerBread dates back to the 15th century and human-shaped gingerbread biscuits date back to the 16th century.

According to the fairytale of ‘ The Gingerbread Man,’ a childless old woman bakes a gingerbread man who magically comes to life, leaps from her oven and runs away. The woman and her husband try to catch him but fail. In the story, the gingerbread man continues to run and escape from various pursuers. The lines; ” You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man ” are famous in the story.

I love making these biscuits for holidays with the kids. They are fine left as they are or for a more festive feel, decorated with royal icing, candy etc.

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Gingerbread Man Recipe | Decorated with Royal Icing

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How to make Gingerbread Man Recipe | Decorated with Royal Icing- Recipe at a glance:

• Prepare dough and chill till stiffened.
• Roll out dough between parchment paper.
• Cut out using festive cookie cutters.
• Bake in a preheated oven, 12-15 minutes.
• Leave to cool on a baking rack.
• Prepare royal icing and decorate the cooled cookies.
• Store in airtight jars.

Ingredients:

For Gingerbread Men

• 1 cup (8 oz) Plain flour – plus up to 1/2 cup extra
• ½ tsp Baking soda
• ½ tsp ground Ginger
• ½ tsp ground Cinnamon
• ¼ tsp Salt
• ¼ cup ( 2 oz) Butter
• ½ cup (4 oz) Brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp Golden syrup
• 3 Tbsp Milk

For Royal Icing:

• 2 large egg whites (pasteurized)  OR 1 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice OR 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups icing/confectioners sugar, sifted
• Food colouring as required
• a few tbsp of water(if using meringue powder)

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Key Ingredients: Flour, Sugar, Baking Soda, Golden Syrup, Spice, Vanilla extract, Royal Icing (Meringue powder or egg white and icing sugar).

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