Term One Our Gingerbread Faces

Room 4 made some wonderful Gingerbread Faces.  We read the story about the Gingerbread Man and then made our Gingerbread Faces.  Some children from Room 2 came to help us.

 

 

OUR GINGERBREAD MAN RECIPE

Ingredients

350g / 12oz plain flour

175g / 6oz light soft brown sugar

100g / 4oz butter

1 medium egg

4 tablespoons of golden syrup

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon of ground ginger.

Pre heat the oven to 180c

Put the flour, butter, ground ginger and bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl.  Mix it all together with fingertips until crumbly.  Add sugar, syrup and egg and mix until it forms a firm pastry mix.

Using the rolling pin, roll out the pastry to about 5mm thick.  Make sure the surface and the rolling pin are well dusted with flour.  Cut out the shapes with a knife and / or pastry cutter.

Place the cut out pastry on a greased or non-stick tray.

Put the baking trays in the pre-heated oven.  Remove after 15 minutes (check after 10 minutes)

Find a selection of anything you like to decorate the gingerbread men.  Decorate with raisins, M&Ms, Rollups etc.