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Gingerbread Men

Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine European, Norwegian
Keyword Cookies, Gingerbread, Pepper Kakemenn
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
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.