This document provides instructions for making both gingerbread men and a gingerbread house. It lists the ingredients and 14 step-by-step instructions for creating gingerbread men that are fun for kids and take 15 minutes to prepare. It also outlines 13 steps for constructing an elaborate gingerbread house from dough pieces with windows, doors and a roof that takes over 2 hours total to complete and allows for creative decorating.

1. How to make a Ginger bread man
and a Ginger bread house!

2. How to make a Gingerbread man!
Ingredients
•Melted butter, to grease
•125g butter, at room temperature
•100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
•125ml (1/2 cup) golden syrup
•1 egg, separated
•375g (2 1/2 cups) plain flour
•1 tbs ground ginger
•1 tsp mixed spice
•1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
•Plain flour, to dust
•150g (1 cup) pure icing sugar, sifted
•8-10 drops red liquid food colouring
•8-10 drops green liquid food colouring
•Smarties, to decorate

3. Summary
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15 minutes preparation
10 minutes cooking
14 ingredients
Makes 20 Gingerbread men
• These gingerbread men are fun and easy to
make. And the kids will love them!

4. Step 1
• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Brush 2 baking trays with melted butter to
lightly grease.

5. Step 2
• Use an electric beater to beat the
butter and sugar in a bowl until pale
and creamy.
• Add the golden syrup and egg yolk
• Beat until combined.
• Stir in the flour, ginger, mixed spice
and bicarbonate of soda.

6. Step 3
• Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead
until smooth.
• Press dough into a disc.
• Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge
for 30 minutes to rest.

7. Step 4
• Meanwhile, place egg white in a clean, dry
bowl.
• Use an electric beater to beat until soft peaks
form.
• Gradually add icing sugar
• Beat until stiff peaks form.

8. Step 5
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Divide icing among 3 bowls.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap
Place in the fridge.
Add red colour to a bowl and stir until combined.
Add green colour to another bowl and stir until
combined.
• Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge.

9. Step 6
• Place the dough between 2 sheets of baking
paper
• Roll out until about 4mm thick.
• Use a 9cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out
shapes.
• Place on trays about 3cm apart.
• Repeat with any excess dough.

10. Step 7
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until brown.
• Remove from oven.
• Transfer to a rack and let it cool down.

11. Step 8
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Place prepared icings in small plastic bags.
Cut a small hole in a corner of each bag.
Pipe icing over gingerbread men to decorate.
Finish with Smarties etc.
Allow 30 minutes resting time

12. A completed Gingerbead man…

13. How to make a Gingerbread house!
Ingredients
•250g (8oz) unsalted butter
•200g (7oz) light muscovado sugar
•4 tbsp golden syrup
•2 tbsp treacle
•625g (1¼lb) plain flour
•2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
•2 tsp ground ginger
•2 tsp mixed spice
•7 x clear, coloured boiled sweets, for stained glass windows
•500g (1lb) royal icing sugar, sifted
•4 x 70g pack (or 2 x 130g pack) white chocolate buttons
•liquorice allsorts
•mini dolly mixtures
•chocolate strands
•red liquorice tubes

14. Step 1
• Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C.
• Heat a frying pan to a low heat
• Melt the butter, the muscovado sugar, golden
syrup and treacle
• Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
• Set aside and leave to cool slightly.

15. Step 2
• In a large bowl, mix the plain flour,
bicarbonate of soda, ginger and mixed spice.
• Add the melted butter to the dry flour mix
• Stir with a wooden spoon until it forms a stiff
dough.
• Add a little more flour if the mixture is too
soft.

16. Step 3
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Shape the dough into a ball
Knead for a couple of minutes.
Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces
Roll out each to a thickness of 5mm (¼in).
Lightly flour nonstick baking paper ready for
your template.

17. Step 4
• Download this power-point slideshow
• Use the templates provided on the following
slides.
• Scale the drawings so they are all the correct
size
• The sizes are detailed in step 5…

22. Step 5
• Scale the drawings until they match the
measurements below or draw out your own…
• 2 x 15x9cm (6x3½in) rectangles (sides)
• 2 x 18x9cm (7x3½in) rectangles, each topped
with a 9cm (3¾in)-high triangle (gable ends)
• 2 x 15x19cm (6x7½in) rectangles (roof).

23. Step 6
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Cut the dough to fit the shapes on step 5.
Now focus on the internal shapes
The door is 3x5cm (1x2in)
Each window is 4x4cm (1½x1½in).
Cut out the doors and windows

24. Step 7
• Re-roll any leftover dough
• Cut out shapes to decorate the garden (trees
& snowmen etc.)
• Put all the pieces of gingerbread on baking
sheets lined with nonstick baking paper.
• Place a boiled sweet in each window .
• While cooking, the sweet will melt to create a
stained glass effect.

25. Step 8
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 8-9 minutes
or until just firm and the sweets have melted.
• Remove from the oven
• Leave to cool for a couple of minutes before
trimming to neaten while still warm.
• Transfer the pieces to a wire rack
• Leave to cool completely.

26. Step 9
• Once cold, put the gingerbread pieces in a
Tupperware box between layers of nonstick
baking paper.
• Leave overnight to harden-up properly.
• Do NOT try to build your house until the
gingerbread has fully hardened.

27. Step 10
• When ready to decorate, make up the icing
following packet instructions.
• Spread the roof with a thick layer of icing
• Stick white chocolate buttons onto the roof.
• Leave to set.
• Pipe icing onto window ledges
• Decorate with sweets.

28. Step 11
• Once set, join the 4 walls together with icing.
• Stick the walls onto a serving board to keep
the house in place.
• Put a bowl inside the house to hold up the
walls.
• Stick on the door with icing
• Decorate with sweets.

29. Step 12
• Once the walls are set, stick on the roof
pieces.
• Use a thick line of icing in the top join of the
two roof pieces to ensure they stick together.
• Keep the sides in place, while you put on the
roof sections.

30. Step 13
• Spread any leftover icing on the board to
create snow.
• Decorate the garden with iced gingerbread
trees and snowmen
• Make a path using coloured sprinkles
• Add sweeties to decorate.

31. In total, the house usually takes 1 hr 40
mins to make (plus overnight drying)

32. The end
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