Basic Gingerbread Men
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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/
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- Total Time
- 1hr 15mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 309
This Christmas biscuits are just the right blend of chewy and crunchy and packed with flavour. You can adjust the level of ginger to fit your tastes. We have shown a few ideas for decoration using royal icing and sprinkles, so let your creativity loose and have fun! The number of servings will depend on the size of your gingerbread man cutter. We used a 12.7 cm (5-inch) cutter.
recipe updated 10 Nov 2025
Ingredients
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- Unsalted butter
- 120 g
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- Plain flour
- 375 g
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- Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon
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- Light brown sugar
- 175 g
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- Golden syrup
- 75 g
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- Egg
- 1
Tools
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Oven
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Kenwood Chef
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Baking tray - large
Step preview
- Fit the K-Beater
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
- Mix until the mixture resembles crumbs - 2 minutes 30 seconds, speed 3
- Then add the next ingredients
- Mix until the mixture has come together - 2 minutes, speed 2
- Chill in the fridge - 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven - 180ºC
- Line baking trays with parchment paper
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface
- Roll out the dough until about 5 mm thick
- Cut out the gingerbread men shapes using the cutter
- Place the shaped dough on the baking trays, spaced apart evenly
- Re-roll and cut any leftover scraps until all the dough is used
- Bake until light golden brown and the edges of the biscuits are starting to crisp - 15 minutes, 180ºC
- Transfer the biscuits to a cooling rack and let cool completely
- Decorate as desired
- Serve