Gluten Free Gingerbread Men

Name: Gluten Free Gingerbread Men
Ingredients: 200 g FREEE Plain White Flour; 1 tsp ground ginger; 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.5 tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum; 0.25 tsp FREEE Bicarbonate of Soda; 75 g caster sugar; 50 g butter; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 1 egg; flour; writing icing for decoration

Makes 6 gingerbread men

Get the kids involved with this easy gluten free gingerbread men recipe. You will find the smell hard to resist whilst baking!

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Free from Gluten, Soya, Wheat, Nuts

Vegetarian

Ingredients

200g FREEE Plain White Flour
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum
¼ tsp FREEE Bicarbonate of Soda
75g caster sugar
50g butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 egg
flour
writing icing for decoration

Measure the flour, ginger, cinnamon, xanthan gum, and soda into a bowl and stir to combine.
Sieve the flour blend into a large mixing bowl.
Put the sugar, butter, and syrup into a saucepan and heat gently, swirling the pan occasionally until dissolved.
Pour the saucepan contents onto the prepared flour and stir to combine.
Add the egg and mix into a sticky dough.
Cover and chill the dough for an hour or until firm.
Pre-heat the oven and rub some oil or butter into two large baking trays.
Lightly flour a work surface, place the dough in the middle and dust it lightly with flour.
Roll out the dough until 3mm/¼” thick.
Press the gingerbread man cookie cutter into the dough then gently transfer the shapes to the prepared baking trays, leaving plenty of space between each shape.
Gather leftover dough into a ball, roll it out again and cut more shapes.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Leave to cool on the tray.
Using writing icing, pipe decoration onto the cold gingerbread men.

Equipment

Gingerbread man cookie cutter, 2 x baking trays, mixing bowl and saucepan

Temperature

180°C, Fan 160°C, 350°F, Gas 4

Cooking time

10-12 minutes

These turned out AMAZING! Very delicious and not to mention fluffy, the instructions were easy to follow and the ingredients were easy to get from the local supermarket. Overall would use this recipe again and i highly recommend it :)

By Holly Drewe

04 Jan 2020

Very easy to follow recipe that produces beautiful results. We used small/medium cutters and made 20+ gorgeous gingerbread biscuits that were a hit with the whole family. They're a new family favourite!

By Courtney Monaghan

22 Dec 2019

Personally think it could do with more flour (very sticky) and more ginger. I also added a bit of ground nutmeg and changed for fruit sugar. They take longer than recipe says to make, as they came out a bit soft initially. Not sure if the recipe seeks softer gingerbread, it doesnt say, and I'm used to ones with a crunch. Very tasty though

By Aleks

15 Dec 2019

Good recipe that doesn’t spread so maintains their shapes. Very sticky to work with so we added more flour. Personally we will add more ginger next time and leave to cook for longer as they didn’t crunch.

By Mrshdoesglutenfree

16 Dec 2018

I’ve tried so many recipes for gingerbread men but non have turned it like this! They are fabulous, one small tip, pop in a bag or on some grease proof paper before putting in the fridge. Other than that perfect!

By Sam

17 Nov 2018

These are delicious with a cup of tea but I think on my 2nd batch I'll lose slightly less sugar.

By Shona

29 Sep 2018

I have used this recipie a few times now and it always comes out lovely, we add a little more ginger to suit our taste, the kids love them and they don't spread - so the buscuits keep thier shape!

By Amanda

09 Sep 2018

Made these today with my grandaughter. Recipe worked well; we left the dough in the fridge for several hours and we added more flour when rolling when the dough became sticky.

By Sue

31 Aug 2018

Brilliant. I managed to make a good dough, quite sticky to work with though, best to leave them on the baking paper where you cut them out. My daughter loved decorating with currants and best of all they were super tasty for a gluten free recipe!

By Christina

26 May 2018

hopeless does not make a dough, makes a batter and despite chilling no improvement - unable to turn into shapes

By Val

13 Apr 2018

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Ingredients

200g FREEE Plain White Flour
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp FREEE Xanthan Gum
¼ tsp FREEE Bicarbonate of Soda
75g caster sugar
50g butter
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 egg
flour
writing icing for decoration

Gluten Free Gingerbread Men

Makes 6 gingerbread men

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Gluten Free Bicarbonate of Soda 200g

Gluten Free Xanthan Gum 100g

Gluten Free Plain White Flour 1kg

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