Gingerbread Men

Gingerbread Men

Ingredients:

125g of butter or applesauce
1/2 cup rice Malt Syrup
1/3 cup golden syrup
1/3 cup maple syrup
1.5 Tbsp. Fresh ground ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 egg yolk or Flax egg
2.5 cups Buckwheat flour
1 tsp Bicarbonate soda

Method:

Beat together butter, rice malt, golden and maple syrup until creamy. Add egg yolk, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and Bicarbonate soda then beat again. Stir in flour.

Once you have dough turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Mould the dough into a ball and press into a disc then cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Pre heat oven to 180°C.

After 30 minutes place dough on lightly floured surface and using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough out until dough is about 4mm thick.

Use your favourite cookie cutter to cute out shapes. Repeat with any excess dough.

Place on trays about 2cm apart. Bake in oven for 10mins or until golden brown. Remove from oven and transfer to a rack to cool.

Decorate with your favourite colours and patterns. Enjoy over the holidays with your family and friends. 🌟🎄💕