The Gingerbread Man

We have started a new book this week - The Gingerbread Man. We have acted out the story, drawn his route and used the beebots to follow the path he took. From tomorrow, we are going to make gingerbread men using the recipe below.

Gingerbread Man Biscuit Recipe

Ingredients       

1 cup soft butter                                                 3 teaspoons of ginger

1 cup brown sugar                                    2 teaspoons baking powder

1 egg                                                           raisins

3 cups flour

 

 

What to do

1.      Turn oven on to 200⁰C.

 

2.    Put butter, sugar and egg into bowl and stir until it is all mixed together. 

 

3.    Sieve the flour, baking powder and ginger into the bowl.  Mix it altogether. 

 

4.    Use your hands to make a big ball of dough.

 

5.     Share the dough.

 

6.    Use a rolling pin to roll the dough flat.

 

7.     Use a gingerbread man cutter to make a ginger bread man.

 

8.     Use the raisins to make eyes, nose, mouth and buttons.

 

9.    Put your gingerbread man onto the baking tray and very carefully put the tray into the oven.  Bake in the oven for 7-8 minutes.

 

10.  Take out of the oven and put on a wire rack to cool.