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Gingerbread Christmas Place Settings

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This recipe for gingerbread name setting recipe is a novel and fun idea for your Christmas dinner table.

350 grams	Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
1 tsp	Ginger (ground)
1 tsp	Bicarbonate Of Soda
100 grams	Butter (unsalted, cubed, cold)
150 grams	Light Muscovado Sugar (Billington's)
1	Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs) (large)
4 tbsp	Golden Syrup (Silver Spoon)
	Royal Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)

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Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Line a couple of baking trays with greaseproof paper.
Sieve the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Using your fingertips rub in the butter until you get a fine breadcrumb texture, then add the sugar and stir in.
Whisk the beaten egg and the golden syrup and add to the bowl. Mix to form a dough.
Lightly flour your work surface then roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4mm, then using Christmas cutters, cut out the shapes, and lay each one out onto the baking trays.
Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
Once baked, leave to cool on a wire rack.
Next using royal icing in a piping bag to pipe the names of your guests onto the biscuits.