Mini gingerbread houses
Everyone can decorate their own gingerbread house this Christmas, with Sarah Cook's cute mini versions
Gingerbread gift jars
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Makes 1 x 450g jar
Skip to ingredients
- 100g soft light brown sugar
- 1 tsp ginger
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 50g chopped crystallised ginger
- 225g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal184
- fat11g
- saturates7g
- carbs21g
- sugars13g
- fibre0g
- protein1g
- salt0.4glow
Method
step 1
Mix sugar with ginger, allspice and cinnamon. Spoon into a jar and pack down tightly. Add a layer of crystallised ginger. Mix flour with baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and spoon on top of the ginger. Put on the lid, decorate with ribbons and a cookie cutter.
step 2
Label with cooking instructions: Mix 150g melted butter with 1 tbsp golden syrup and 1 egg yolk. Add to the dry ingredients, mix well, then knead to a dough. Chill for 15 mins then roll out. Cut into biscuits and bake at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 8-10 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
