Making gingerbread biscuits is a fun holiday season activity for kids. It can be made into presents or as a fun activity. I adapted the recipe I used to make our Gingerbread House from Taste because the biscuit was really yummy!
Tip
If you do decide to make gingerbread biscuits with kids, it can be done in two parts. You can make the dough yourself beforehand, and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to do the activity the kids. The kids can help roll, shape, bake and decorate the biscuits. This makes this activity manageable.
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups SR flour
1 cup Plain flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
185g butter
1/2 cup golden syrup
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Royal icing
1 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar
Decoration
You can colour the icing with food colouring or add any other form of decoration like sprinkles, lollies or smarties.
Instructions
1. Using an electric mixer, combine flour, spice, butter and sugar.
2. In a separate bowl, combine eggs and golden syrup.
3. Add syrup mixture to the batter until just combined. It will look a bit crumbly.
4. Empty bowl contents on a floured surface and knead dough until it comes together.
5. Cover dough in cling wrap and refrigerate dough for an hour.
6. Roll out dough to 5 mm thick and use a biscuit cutter to shape the dough.
7. Place shapes on a biscuits tray lined with baking paper.
8. Cook in a preheated 180 oven for about 15 minutes (until the bread is just golden).
9. Allow to cool before decorating.
Icing
Combine ingredients and either pipe on biscuits in a pattern or cover entire biscuit and decorate. I didn’t have a piping bag so I placed the icing in a plastic zip-lock bag and put a small puncture in one of the corners. Allow icing to set for about an hour.
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Video
The kids had a lot of fun doing this but it was messy.
Inspiration
I did this as an activity for the kids but they make a wonderful last minute Christmas gift too. Here are some inspiration shots from around the web.
Image from Anna Lou
Image from Baking Bites
Image from Blessed Homemaker
Image from Bakers’ Corner
Image from Monsieur Wag
4 Comments
Pat
December 24, 2011 at 8:57 amMy daughter was looking at the computer while I scrolled through this post. She begged me to try them right now! We were not quite as artistic as your pictures, but they were probably just as tasty!
Kelly Be A Fun Mum
December 24, 2011 at 12:05 pmHope you both enjoy it Pat!
Katie
December 25, 2011 at 3:05 pmYummy! Looks like you all had heaps of fun!
Kelly Be A Fun Mum
December 27, 2011 at 3:41 pmYes, the kids did have a great time.