Gingerbread Man from Scratch
This video shows you how to make gingerbread dough from scratch and how you make your own icing. The video includes also decorating ideas.
Servings: 6 cookies
Adjust servings here:
Equipment
- 2 Mixing bowl
- Rolling Pin or wine bottle
- cookie cutter
- baking paper aka parchment paper
- baking tray
- piping bag
- plastic wrap
Ingredients
DOUGH
- 450 grams flour all purpose
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp all spice aka piment
- 150 grams brown sugar
- 150 grams butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 grams molasses
ICING
- 2 eggs egg white
- 300 grams powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp lemon juice
Instructions
DOUGH
- Take a big bowl (bowl 1) and add a sieve on top. Add all the dry ingredients; flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, all spice, salt. Sieve all ingredients.
- Use another bowl (bowl 2) and add the sugar and butter. Use a whisk or mixer to mix the ingredients. Add the egg, vanilla extract and molasses. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Add the wet ingredients (bowl 2) to the dry ingredients (bowl 1) and mix until it become a dough ball. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for 3 hours.
- 3 hours later; pre-heat the oven to 175 C or 350 F
- Add flour to the surface and use a rolling pin to roll the dough flat. Use your preferred cookie cutter to cut out the dough.
- Add all your creations to a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in over for 13-14 minutes on 175 C or 350 F. Let the cookies cool down for 20 minutes.
ICING
- Add egg whites to a mixing bowl. Add lemon juice and vanilla extract and use a whisk or mixer to blend ingredients.
- Sieve the powdered sugar and add bit by bit the sugar to the egg whites. Mix it all together.
- Add the icing to a piping bag.
- Decorate the cookies and share your results with me :-D
Notes
It's easier to use a glass while filling up your piping bag. Add the bag into a glass and roll the end over the edge of the glass. You can easily now scoop the icing into the bag without making a huge mess.