Admittedly I've not been this keen for Christmas since I was about 12, so it's good to feel in the spirit of things. A little tidbit for you; there's a good chance I'll be making things (decorations, presents etc) and not just food, so they'll be posted on here too :)
Right. Now, then....Christmas baking; let's begin!
First on the list is: Gingerbread biscuits.
- 1 cup of plain/SR flour (I used SR so they're all big and fluffy)
- 50g of butter
- half a cup of brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1tsp of bicarbonate soda
- 1tsp of ginger
- half tsp of ground cloves - if you don't like cloves, use nutmeg/cinnamon.
- pinch of salt
The baking part:
- pre-heat the oven to 190c
- In a bowl (I finally christened my Cath Kidston one!!): mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices together
- Rub in the butter so that the mix becomes like breadcrumbs, then add the sugar. Mix together.
- Add the egg to your mix, this is where it gets messy. You want it to form a dough, but it's so sticky that you'll want to have some extra flour on hand to form the dough a little easier.
- Once you've managed to peel the goo off your hands, on a floured surface roll out the dough to approx. 3mm. Keep your rolling pin and surface floured - otherwise you wont be a happy baker!
- Pop in the oven on a greased tray and bake for approx. 15mins - or until golden brown.
Decorating:
I used Dr Oetkers's little tubes of piping icing; you can buy packs of 5 in various colours.
Before you start making them look pretty though, make sure you wait for them to cool down. Then, get arty!
These will also make great little extra presents; personalised things always go down so well. Especially when they taste good!
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