Festive Gingerbread Shapes

 

A classic Christmas treat, lightened up by using whole wheat flour and halving the butter and using yogurt.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

- 175g Whole wheat Plain Flour

- 2 tsp Ground Ginger

- Half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

- 50g Butter

- 25g Low Fat yogurt

- Half a beaten egg

- 2tbsp golden syrup

 

1) Put the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Crumble in the butter, add the yogurt and stir until it forms a ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) On a floured surface, roll out the dough until about 5mm thick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Using a cutter (preferably a Christmas one), cut out shapes. Should make around 10 biscuits. Any extra dough after cutting out shapes, I just rolled into balls and they turned out nice and cakey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) Put on a baking tray covered in greaseproof paper and space them out, as they will expand.

6) Bake at 190C for 15 minutes. Only to firm for a couple of minutes and then transfer onto a wire rack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7) This step is optional, but makes them taste even better. Melt some dark chocolate and dip half of the gingerbread in the chocolate and allow to set.