lighter gingerbread dough for wood parts
lighter gingerbread dough with golden syrup and no treacle
Ingredients
- 65 g unsalted butter
- 55 g light brown sugar or caster sugar
- 25 g golden syrup
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp water
- 1 and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 and 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp allspice or clove
- 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 145 g plain flour
- zest of one small orange (1 tsp)
Instructions
To make the dough
- Add the butter, golden syrup, sugar and spices in a pan and simmer gently until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes
- Mix in the orange zest, then mix in the bicarbonate of soda, then add the flour and mix into make a soft dough.
- Dust with a little flour, then cover in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hours.