Gingerbread
(from hughbert’s recipe box)
Source: Womens Weekly Birthday Cake Book ca. 1980s
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 Tb golden syrup
- 60 g butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/4 cups plain flour
- 1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
Directions
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Pour golden syrup into small heatproof jug
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Stand jug in dish of hot water until syrup soft
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Cream butter+sugar till light and fluffy
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Add egg yolk, beat well
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Slowly add sifted dry ingredients and warmed syrup, mix well
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Knead lightly
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Roll out onto board and cut into shapes
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Put onto oven tray
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Bake until golden brown at 190C