Gingerbread Boxes Recipe

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Gingerbread Boxes
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Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
1727
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan forced.
  2. Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
  3. Using electric beaters, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy and then add golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined.
  4. Add sifted flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda, using a knife to mix until evenly combined.
  5. Gather dough together and turn out onto a sheet of non-stick baking paper.
  6. Divide the dough into 2 even portions, wrap one portion in cling wrap and set aside.
  7. Roll the other portion out to a rectangle about 26cm x 18cm and trim the sides to give straight lines, but don't make it any small than 24cm x 16cm.
  8. Cut dough into 12 pieces (four rows of three).
  9. Transfer pieces to one of the prepared trays, leaving a little room between them for spreading.
  10. Place trays in the fridge and chill while you roll out and cut the other piece of dough as you did the first.
  11. Bake first tray for 10 minutes, while chilling the second tray, then bake that tray for 10 minutes.
  12. Leave on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  13. Whisk egg white until frothy, then gradually add sifted icing sugar to make a stiff paste.
  14. Place paste into a small plastic piping bag and snip off the end and pipe this icing on the outside of joins of the square to cover any gaps and then decorate with cachous.
  15. Pipe a cross onto the box tops and decorate and ;leave to set.
  16. Fill with chosen sweets.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1726.65 Kcal (7229 kJ)
Calories from fat 581.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 64.58g 99%
Cholesterol 108.11mg 36%
Sodium 2929.15mg 122%
Potassium 540.61mg 12%
Total Carbs 268.07g 89%
Sugars 75.21g 301%
Dietary Fiber 12.45g 50%
Protein 24.84g 50%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 12.9mg 72%
Calcium 388.1mg 39%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 418.52 Kcal (1752 kJ)
Calories from fat 140.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.65g 99%
Cholesterol 26.2mg 36%
Sodium 709.99mg 122%
Potassium 131.04mg 12%
Total Carbs 64.98g 89%
Sugars 18.23g 301%
Dietary Fiber 3.02g 50%
Protein 6.02g 50%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 3.1mg 72%
Calcium 94.1mg 39%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 39.1
    Points
  • 47
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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