Gingerbread Dough

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 100 g dark brown sugar
• 150 g golden syrup
• 10 ml powdered ginger
• 150 g butter
• 1 egg
• 5 ml bicarbonate of soda
• 5 ml hot water
• 450 g plain flour

Recipe

• 1 oven 180oc/gas 4 for 8/10 mins at top of oven.
• 2 *the syrup mixture must cool for about half an hour and the dough must rest also for a half an hour so allow some time in advance for this.
• 3 *melt sugar/syrup/butter and spice slowly and cool.
• 4 in a large saucepan.
• 5 beat an egg and mix the bicarb with water.
• 6 mix this into the syrup mixture.
• 7 start adding the flour slowly and mixing it all inches.
• 8 it will start to get hard towards the end but just keep going. if the mixture is too still at the end part of the mixing , put your bowl over a bowl of warm water and this will loosen the mixture slightly to enable you to mix in the last amount of flour.
• 9 chill the dough in cling film for about half an hour and its ready to use.
• 10 this dough is extremely versatile and will take on any shape or indentation, shape or pattern. see edible birthday cards.