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

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

- You can use a dairy free baking block or a dairy free baking spread to make the biscuit dough, but either way it should be used cold.

- If you don't want to use wholemeal plain flour, you can replace it with regular plain flour.

- Mixed spice is a British spice blend containing cinnamon, coriander seed, nutmeg, clove, pimento and ginger. If you can't get hold of it, you can use a pumpkin spice mix instead.

- I really recommend using light brown soft sugar if you can for these biscuits, but caster sugar will work well too.

- Golden syrup is sold all over the world, so check the international section in your supermarket if you're not based in the UK. You can also buy it online from Amazon (see link below). If you can't get hold of it, you can substitute it with light corn syrup, maple syrup or honey, please note I've not tested this recipe with these substitutions.

- Although I provide cup measurements, I highly recommend weighing your ingredients out using digital kitchen scales. It is the most accurate way to measure ingredients and will ensure the best results. Digital scales are very low cost and can be purchased for around £12 ($16.50) .

- For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.