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Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.3 of 8 - Gingerbread Decorations
Christmas recipe makes: 2 dozen Calories per biscuit: 125
Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Suitable
for freezing at end of step 5.
Christmas recipe ingredients:
* flour, plain white 350 g (12 oz) * bicarbonate of soda, 5 ml
(1 tsp) * ginger, ground 30 ml (2 tbsp) * cinnamon, ground 15 ml
(1 tbsp) * cloves, ground 2.5 ml (0.5 tsp) * butter, 125 g (4
oz) * sugar, soft light brown 175 g (6 oz) * golden syrup 60 ml
(4 tbsp) * egg, 1
icing:
* egg white, 1 * icing sugar, sifted * food coloring
Christmas recipe instructions:
1. Blend the butter with a mixture of the spices, bicarbonate of
soda and flour. Do this until it is breadcrumb like and then mix
in the sugar.
2. Beat an egg into slightly warmed syrup and pour into the
mixture from step 1, mixing till it becomes a soft dough. Then
knead until smooth.
3. Make a 5mm (¼ inch) thick dough layer on a floured surface
and cut out biscuit shapes using vaious cutters. Pierce a hole
in each one for putting ribbon through later on , for
hanging.
4. Put two non-stick baking sheets on two baking trays.
5. Place the various shaped cut outs onto the baking sheets and
bake at 190 degrees centigrade (375 F) until golden brown, about
10 minutes. Allow to cool and harden for about 10 m inutes
before placing on a wire rack till cold.
6. For the icing add sifted icing sugar to a beaten egg until
stiff enough for piping. Add colorings if necessary to brighten
up the decorations.
7. Put icing patterns of your choice on the biscuits. After
allowing the biscuits to dry, put ribbons through the biscuit
holes, ready for hanging on a christmas tree.
About the author:
(c) Paul Curran, CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing Group and
webmaster at Gifts-for-Christmas.com, bringing you christmas
recipes and unique
gifts for christmas including their online home
collectibles, russian gifts, cookies, jewelry.
This article may be re-published in its entirety as long as the
author bylines in the resource box are included and urls kept
live.
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