Gingerbread Men
Servings 50 Cookies
Ingredients
- 300 ml Water
- 1 litre White sugar
- 1 cup/250 ml Black treacle
- 1/2 tbsp Ground cloves
- 1 tbsp Ground ginger
- 300 g Butter Cubed
- 1.5 tbsp baking soda
- 3 liter White flour
Instructions
- In a decent sized pot add; water, sugar, spices and treacle. Warm it up til the sugar has melted and its all combined nicely. Don't let it boil.
- Take it off the heat and add the butter bit by bit while stirring.
- Mix the baking soda in a small bit of water to dissolve it and add it to the mix and add flour bit by bit and mix well.
- 180 degrees C for a 4-6 minutes. It all depends on your oven keep an eye on them so you get the right feel.
Notes
This is a big recipe, so you might need to half it.
