Name: Gingerbread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 125g (4oz) butter, softened; ¼ cup (55g) firmly packed brown sugar; ¼ cup (55g) firmly packed muscovado sugar; 1 egg yolk; 2¾ cups (410g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 4 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; ½ tsp ground black pepper; ¼ tsp ground cloves; ½ cup (175g) golden syrup or treacle; ROYAL ICING; 1 egg white; 1½ cups (240g) icing (confectioners’) sugar, approximately

Gingerbread

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Don't wait until Christmas to make this recipe from our Test Kitchen Collection.

Star and snowflake-shaped gingerbread with white icing designs — Try to stop at just one of these gingerbread biscuits.

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Makes 30

Prep

45M

Cook

15M

Resting

1H 15M

Total

This new gingerbread version retains the trademark reliability of our older recipes. What sets it apart is the combination of spices and sugars for a truly festive flavour.

One of the fun things about gingerbread is being able to play around with different shapes, sizes and decorations. Use any shape and size of your favourite cutter.