Gingerbread Man Cookies
4 de abril de 2014
Ingredients:
- 400 g of self-raising flour ( or plain flour plus raising agent)
- 200g margarine or butter
- 100 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 drops vanilla essence (optional)
Materials:
- A bowl
- A baking tray
- Aluminum foil
Procedure:
- Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them to form dough.
- Roll a piece of dough into a ball between the palms of your hands and flatten it on the aluminum foil. (This is the head).
- Roll five more pieces into sausage shapes to form the body, arms and legs.
- Flatten these on to the foil, joining the pieces together by pressing them.
- Place the foil on the baking tray and bake it in a pre-heated oven (temperature: 180°C) for about 10 – 20 minutes.
- The gingerbread men cookies are done when they start going brown.