December 17th - Make gingerbread

Today using Mary Berry's gingerbread recipe the girls made a start on their gingerbread house.

You need:

• 375g unsalted butter
• 300g dark muscovado sugar
• 150g golden syrup
• 900g plain flour
• 1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tbsp ground ginger

1. Preheat the oven to (fan 180C.
2. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a large pan. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger together into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Pour in the melted butter mixture, stir it in and, when cool enough to handle, knead to a stiff dough.
3. Cut out the pieces using cutters or a mould (we have a lakeland one).
4. Bake the gingerbread for 7-8 minutes