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Gluten Free Gingerbread Men

Makes 6

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

7 Reviews / Write a review

Free from Gluten, Soya, Wheat, Nuts
Vegetarian

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  1. Sieve the flour, ginger, cinnamon, xanthan gum and soda into a large bowl and blend them together well.
  2. Put the sugar, butter and syrup into a saucepan and heat gently until dissolved.
  3. Pour the saucepan contents into the prepared flour and stir briefly.
  4. Add the egg and stir to make a sticky dough.
  5. Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes.
  6. Pre-heat the oven and line two baking trays with parchment.
  7. Roll out the dough, between 2 pieces of parchment, until 3mm/¼” thick.
  8. Press the gingerbread man cookie cutter into the dough then transfer the cut shapes to the prepared baking tray, leaving plenty of space between each shape.
  9. Gather leftover dough into a ball, roll it out again and cut more shapes.
  10. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes. Leave to cool on the tray.
  11. Using writing icing, pipe decoration onto the cold gingerbread men.

Equipment

Gingerbread man cookie cutter and 2 x baking tray

Temperature

180°C, Fan 160°C, 350°F, Gas 4

Cooking time

12-15 minutes
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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Gluten Free Bicarbonate of Soda 200g

£1.60

Gluten Free Xanthan Gum 100g

£3.20

Gluten Free Plain White Flour 1kg

£2.20

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