Special Christmas - Ginger Bread Cookies

Is anyone else a true lover of Christmas? I’m a huge fan. I would say it’s probably my favourite season. Not only because of the presents (which I also love, don’t get me wrong) but because we spend time with our families, we cook together, eat together and of course, bake together!

There are so many things we can bake at Christmas, from fruit cakes to mince pies... but the thing that I like the most are the Ginger Bread Cookies!!!!!! In my family there is a tradition to spend a whole day together with the family baking them and of course decorating which is the funniest part. I remember when I was a child, my cookies were always the worse ones… not looking quite appealing to be honest but my family always encouraged me, year after year, to keep trying. This is how I actually end up being a baker. Love remembering those moments full of love and this is what I like my customers to feel.

So today, I’m going to share my secret recipe with you. How exciting is that? Are you ready to start baking? Let’s do it together. On the following section you'll find a step by step guide with videos and some tips on how to do the best ginger cookies ever! And the decorations… I will leave that up to you. Can’t show all my tricks at once, can I?

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Ingredients

- 450g plain flour

- 2 tsp ground ginger

- 1 tsp mixed spice

- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

- 115g butter

- 100g golden syrup

- 115g light muscovado sugar

- 1 egg (50g)

Steps

1. Preheat oven at 160ºC

2. Sift dry ingredients together (flour, ginger, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda) in a bowl.

3. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together.

4. Add the butter mixture to the dry ingredients.

5. Finally add the egg and make sure everything is fully incorporated and combined.

6. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4mm and cut out the shapes.

7. Place in a silicone mat or baking paper and put into fridge to rest for 1h until cold.

8. Bake for 15min or until just lightly browned.

9. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow to cool on trays 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack.

10. Allow to cool completely before decorating.

I hope you enjoy it and please if you make them remember to tag us on our Instagram account @adriforchef

Wish you all the love for these holidays!!!

Adriana