Name: Gingerbread People Gifting Jar
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Dry; 2 ½ cups plain flour; ½ cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp baking soda; Wet; 125g softened butter; ½ cup Chelsea Treacle or Chelsea Golden Syrup; 1 egg yolk

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Gingerbread People Gifting Jar

3.3

Preparation

40 mins

Bake

10 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

What a fabulous gift idea! The layered ingredients look great presented in a glass jar. All the fiddly measuring has been done, just add the wet ingredients.

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Ingredients
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Ingredients

Dry

2 ½ cups plain flour
½ cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp baking soda

Wet

125g softened butter
½ cup Chelsea Treacle or Chelsea Golden Syrup
1 egg yolk

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Golden Syrup

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Soft Brown Sugar

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Treacle

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Reviews

6

What did you think of this recipe?

Sheree

How does it all fit into a 500ml jar?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, we've updated the recipe to use a larger jar. Thanks for your feedback :)

Amanda

How many grams of flour is it?Chelsea Sugar:2 ¬Ω cups of plain flour is approximately 320 grams.

Lovetobake

This jar is a perfect gift. I made 5 jars and gave them to my girlfriends - they loved them!It's a lovely idea, thank you sooooo much, Chelsea!CHELSEA: You are welcome.

This is a stupid recipe because I have a 500ml glass jar and the flour does not even fit in the jar. Useless recipe: - 500/10. If I could rate this 0 stars then I would!!!!!!!!

Sam

What jars have been used? It definitely doesn't fit in a 500mL jar

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Awww! Such a cute gift idea - I gave it to a special friend and she adored it! I wish someone would give me one!!

Method

Layer all the dry ingredients in a large decorative glass jar. Tie a gingerbread cookie cutter to the jar with a special note and instruction tag.

Attach these instructions:

Simply beat 125g soft butter with ½ cup treacle or golden syrup and 1 egg yolk until creamy and smooth, then add the contents of the jar and mix until a soft dough forms. Knead into a ball, wrap and chill for 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 170°C and line two baking trays with baking paper. Roll out gingerbread dough to about 3mm (if it's sticky roll between two sheets of baking paper or cling film) and use the cookie cutter to make little people shapes. Transfer to baking trays and cook for 10-15 minutes until golden and set. Ice and decorate when cold.

* You can decorate your gingerbread people with smarties or baking chocolate drops and mini baking marshmallows before cooking or add afterwards with a drizzle of icing.

* For simple royal icing beat 1 egg white until soft peaks form. Gradually add approximately 1 cup icing sugar and a few drops of lemon juice or food colouring until icing is at piping consistency. Transfer to a piping bag or use a snaplock bag and snip the corner off!