DIY : Gingerbread men cookies
【明報專訊】If you have not thought of any food for Christmas parties, you should not miss this recipe — gingerbread men cookies! Compared with the recipes you can find on the Internet, this is a healthier and more nourishing version with less sugar and oil. You can also ask for your parents' help!
Preparation time: 60 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Servings: 24-30
■Equipment:
Electric mixer, whisk, sieve, rolling pin, spatula, gingerbread man cookie cutter, baking tray with parchment, oven
■Ingredients:
Unsalted butter (softened)……50g
Red/brown sugar……5 g
Golden syrup……50g
Egg (preferably large)……1
Plain/all-purpose flour……250g
Ground ginger……1 tsp
Baking powder……1 tsp
Vanilla extract……2 tsps
Ground cinnamon……2 tsps
Milk……70g
(tsp = teaspoon)
Step 1
To make a flour mixture, sieve the flour, baking powder, ginger and cinnamon into a mixing bowl.
Step 2
To make a butter mixture, beat the butter and sugar using an electric mixer until the mixture is creamy.
Step 3
Add the syrup, vanilla extract, egg and milk into the butter mixture slowly and whisk them thoroughly.
Step 4
Mix the flour and butter mixture with a spatula to form a dough, then chill it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Next, preheat oven to 190 ℃.
Step 5
Roll the dough to be 0.6cm thick using a rolling pin, and stamp out the gingerbread men shapes with a cookie cutter.
Step 6
Put the cut-out gingerbread men on the baking tray with parchment, and put the tray into the oven. Bake for 10 minutes, then cool down.
■Glossary
nourishing (adj)……富有營養的
spatula (n)……刮刀
sieve (n, v)……篩
cinnamon (n)……肉桂
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