Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! This post is, of course, as festive as they come (even though it’s a bit of an embarrassing contrast to my last post about detoxing and wellness). Today I’m going to share with you a homemade Christmas gingerbread recipe, with all the butter, all the sugar and all the treacle.
This is a recipe that my sister and I found after trawling the internet and it’s a pretty good one. Warning, the dough is very oily because of the melted butter, but wait for it to cool before you start cutting your shapes and try not to use too much flour and you’ll be fine. It also makes the entire house smell amazing. Perfect to whip up just before the celebrations begin tomorrow!
Makes: Roughly 20 gingerbread shapes. Baking time: 10-15 minutes.
YOU WILL NEED
- 75g light brown soft sugar
- 2tbsp golden syrup
- 1tbsp black treacle
- 1tbsp water
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 1tsp ground ginger
- 95g block butter
- 1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 225g plain flour
TO MAKE
Put the sugar, golden syrup, treacle, water, cinnamon, ginger and butter in a pan and melt over a low heat.
Mix the bicarbonate of soda in as it’s melting.
Sift the flour and add to the mixture, mixing in well.
Leave the mixture to cool and roll it out to 3mm thick. Cut your shapes!
Bake for 10-15 minutes (keep an eye on it).
Leave the gingerbread to cool and ice. We used a simple water icing but do whatever you feel like!
Sarah Pratley 
They look so yummy! We decorated sugar cookies for the first time this year!Happy holidays 🙂
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It’s so fun decorating biscuits! Thanks so much for reading and happy new year 🙂 x
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They look so good! I made some the other day and I’m posting about them soon! But I did cheat and used a pre made mix, wished they looked as good as yours! Merry christmas! x
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Ooh I’ll have to check your blog post out – pre-made mix is so much easier and quicker (and guaranteed to turn out well haha!) x
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Thank you, and yes-I’ve never made gingerbread before so I thought I’d better play it safe! x
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They look so cute and delicious! ❤
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Thanks for reading! x
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That looks so delicious! Will definitely have to try and make this at home. Just found your blog and I really like your pretty photos x
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They were delicious – please let me know if you have a go at them! And thank you so much 🙂 x
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Wow…they look so pretty and your such an amazing baker! I’d probably burn them or something but I’d love to give it a try in the near future. Even if it’s past the festive season because let’s be honest…gingerbread rock!
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No, they are so easy to make so I’m sure you can do them as well! Definitely give it a go and haha, so true – gingerbread is great all year round! Thanks so much for reading 🙂 x
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Thank you so much for the encouragement and it’s no problem!
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