Louis’ Gingerbread Cookies

A simple recipe that Louis loves making on his own 🙂

• Ingredients
  • 90gr of golden syrup
  • 75gr of butter (room temperature)
  • 100gr of brown sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 250gr of plain flour
  • 35gr of self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp of bicarb
  • 3 tsp of ground ginger
  • Icing = mix 2 tbsp of icing sugar with 1 tbsp of water (add some if need be)

• Method
  • Turn on oven at 180 degrees
  • Put boiling water in a large bowl, then place a smaller bowl in the large one
  • Pour syrup in the small bowl, let it melt
  • Pour sugar in a large bowl with the butter, mix well until creamy
  • Add the egg yolk, keep mixing.
  • In another bowl, sift the two flours and the bicarb, then add to the mixture and mix.
  • Add the syrup, keep mixing until soft dough.
  • Pour a bit of flour on the countertop, then knead the dough like bread.
  • Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough, less than 1cm thick.
  • Prepare two baking trays, add a sheet of baking paper.
  • With your cookie cutters, cut shapes from the dough then carefully add to the trays.
  • Place in the oven and bake for 15min.
  • When baked, take the cookies out of the oven but leave them on the tray to cool down (10-15 minutes more)
  • Prepare the icing mixture, then use a brush to cover the cookies, and add sprinkles to decorate (optional).