I have very sweet memories of decorating gingerbread men in my Nanna's kitchen as a child, as well as my Aunty Isabel's beautifully adorned gingerbread houses for the Christmas table. So I was delighted to find that my next afternoon tea experiment was gingerbread!
The ingredients are so simple; things you just find ordinarily in the pantry. Putting the bits and pieces together was quite easy too, and I really relished the kneading of the dough, I love getting my hands into what I make!
After some fridge time, I had to roll out the dough. I think I've discovered that it is not so much my ability to roll dough that's the problem as my bench top and my rolling pin do not like doing their job with me in preparing dough. I do think it requires a fair bit of team work between your implements and yourself in such a process. However, I did use a copious amount of flour on both surfaces to attempt to improve my dough rolling experience.
I cut the pieces with a fluted circle cutter and put them in the oven. There were two full oven trays of biscuits, enough to overfill my largest biscuit jar!
I decorated them with white icing with little squiggles. Next time, I will be a little more confident in how the icing works, and will hopefully do prettier decorations.
This is a recipe to keep for sure. They are just the yummiest, so easy to make, and last for ages.
This batch has so far been shared with my husband, our mortgage broker, buddies Chris, Bec and Ben, and a few just for myself with a cup of tea. Lovely.
