Vegan Gingerbread Men

Dairy and egg free gingerbread cookies

Course Dessert

Cuisine European

Keyword vegan

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 10

Resting time 1 10

Total Time 1 50

Servings

Calories 198kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

For the gingerbread

150 g Plain flour
150 g Wholemeal flour
150 g Light brown sugar
1 tsp Mixed spice
1 ½ tsp Ground ginger
1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
60 ml Golden syrup
½ tbsp Black treacle
140 g Dairy free butter/margarine

For the icing

75 g Icing sugar
Enough water to make a thick paste

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4, line your baking tray(s) with baking paper
Put both the flours, light brown sugar, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger, and mixed spice into a large mixing bowl and stir them together
In a small pan on the lowest heat, melt the dairy free spread with the golden syrup and treacle
Pour the syrup mixture into the flour mixture and combine with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. Bring it together more with your hands if needed
Wrap it in cling film and chill it in the fridge for 1 hour
Flour your pastry mat or work surface well, and flour your rolling pin. Roll the dough out and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes
Lay the cut out dough pieces onto your lined baking tray(s). Keep re-rolling the dough until it is all used
Put the baking trays into the freezer for 10 minutes, this will help the gingerbread keep it's shape when baking
Remove from the freezer and bake them for 8-10 minutes, leave them on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack
Once they were fully cool, mix the icing sugar with enough cold water to make a thick paste (you don't want it to be runny)
Put the icing into a piping bag and pipe faces, buttons and squiggles onto the gingerbread men. You could also use chocolate to decorate, or leave them plain
Store in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 1 week. You can also freeze them without the decoration

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Notes

Mixed spice is a British spice blend containing Cinnamon, Coriander Seed, Nutmeg, Clove, Pimento, Ginger. If you can't get hold of it, use a Pumpkin Spice mix instead

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