Gerhard Jenne's Gingerbread Men

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g soft brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup
• 2 tablespoons treacle
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 pinch clove
• 1 grated orange, zest of
• 175 g salted butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 400 g plain flour

Recipe

• 1 heat the first batch of ingredients until boiling in a small pot on the stove.
• 2 stir in the butter until melted.
• 3 remove from the heat.
• 4 add the baking soda.
• 5 stir quickly to mix and then add the flour.
• 6 stir until well combined.
• 7 form into a log and chill for at least 1 hour then cutting off 4 mm slices or chill the dough in the fridge before rolling out to a thickness of 4 mm and then cutting out gingerbread men shapes.
• 8 bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees celcius for 13-15 minutes.