Gingerbread Men Recipe

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Gingerbread Men
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
330
Calories
Total time
70
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and beat well.
  3. Gradually stir in sifted flour and bicarb soda, ground ginger and golden syrup - mix well.
  4. Knead the dough lightly before dividing into four sections.
  5. Lightly dust your work surface and rolling pin with flour to prevent any stickiness. Roll each portion to a thickness of about 5 mm.
  6. Cut dough into people shapes using a cookie cutter.
  7. Place men/women on a lined baking tray and bake for approximately 10 minutes (they will harden somewhat upon cooling). Allow gingerbread people to cool completely before icing and decorating like crazy!
  8. ICING: Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl and add the butter. Add the water one tablespoon at a time until you reach a consistency that's runny enough to spread but at the same time won't be so runny that it won't set. On the cookies it should set after a few minutes, and will then completely harden after an hour or so. If it hasn't set somewhat after a couple of minutes your icing is probably a bit too runny; if this is the case just sift in a little more icing sugar.
  9. DECORATING and VARIATIONS: Go crazy decorating, things like musk sticks, smarties, freckles, 100's and 1000's, choc bits and marshmallows are great lollies to use. Don't hesitate to try other shapes as well, you can use extra dough to add extra features to the men (I've made a pirate before!). Animals are also great (sheep are pretty fun and you can decorate with marshmallows!).
  10. Have fun!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 330.4 Kcal (1383 kJ)
Calories from fat 90.82 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.09g 16%
Cholesterol 22.13mg 7%
Sodium 553.6mg 23%
Potassium 88.01mg 2%
Total Carbs 56.3g 19%
Sugars 21.73g 87%
Dietary Fiber 2.49g 10%
Protein 4.25g 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 2.1mg 12%
Calcium 73.5mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 396.45 Kcal (1660 kJ)
Calories from fat 108.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.11g 16%
Cholesterol 26.55mg 7%
Sodium 664.27mg 23%
Potassium 105.6mg 2%
Total Carbs 67.55g 19%
Sugars 26.08g 87%
Dietary Fiber 2.99g 10%
Protein 5.09g 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 2.5mg 12%
Calcium 88.2mg 7%

* 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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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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