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Halloween Gingerbreads

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If you caught the cookery segment on RTE Today Show, you would have seen our Brand Ambassador, Shane Smith making these simple spooktacular mummie and skeleton gingerbreads. These gingerbreads are ideal for making with your little ones on the lead up to Halloween. The lightly spiced biscuits are made using Gem self-raising flour & light soft brown sugar and decorated with Gem royal icing.

You can spoon or pipe on the royal icing and why not add a drop of food colouring to decorate your gingerbreads. 

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Halloween Gingerbreads

Halloween Gingerbreads

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prep time
20 mins
cooking time
12 mins
servings
7-8
total time
32 mins

Equipment

  • medium saucepan

  • mixing bowl

  • two sheets of parchment paper

  • gingerbread man cutter

  • baking tray

  • piping bag

Ingredients

  • For the Gingerbreads:

  • 95g butter

  • 75g Gem Soft Light Brown Sugar

  • 35g golden syrup

  • 225g Gem Self-raising Flour

  • 1 tbsp ground ginger

  • 2 tbsp water

  • For the Decoration:

  • 175g Gem Royal Icing

  • 25ml water, warm

  • 16 chocolate drops for eyes or sugar eyes

Instructions

1
Add the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup to a saucepan and heat to melt and combine.
2
Set aside to cool slightly.
3
Into a bowl. Sieve in the flour and ginger.
4
Make a well in the middle and add the melted butter mixture.
5
Mix to form a dough, you may need to add a drop of water to help bind.
6
The mixture should be soft but not sticky.
7
Chill for 30 mins
8
Preheat your oven to 200C/180C fan.
9
Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the rested dough to 1cm in thickness.
10
If you find the dough a tad crumbly, roll it between two sheets of parchment paper.
11
Using a gingerbread man cutter, cut out 7 to 8 gingerbreads. You will need to reroll the trimmings to make all 8.
12
Place on a lined tray and bake in the preheated for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown all over.
13
Remove and cool.
14
To decorate, whisk the royal icing and water together for a few minutes to create a thick, glossy icing.
15
Place in a piping bag and pipe lines of icing across the gingerbreads to create a mummie effect.
16
Add on chocolate drops for eyes or sugar eyes to finish.

Notes

Have a spooky Halloween!
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