| Prep Time: 90 mins | Cook: 10 mins | Makes: 20 |
Ingredients
For the Gingerbread Men
- 60g soft butter
- 50g brown sugar
- 60g honey
- 1 egg yolk
- 190g flour
- 2g gingerbread spice mix
- 2 ½g baking soda
- Pinch of salt
For the Filling
- 15g (1 tbsp) Nutella® per Gingerbread Man
For the Icing
- 50g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C and position the baking rack in the middle of the oven. In a bowl, mix the butter with the sugar and honey, then add the egg yolk. In a second bowl, combine the flour, spice mix and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the first bowl and knead for 1 minute. Wrap the bowl in cling film and chill for 1 hour.
2. Roll the dough on a sheet of baking paper until 4 mm thick. Cut out the biscuit shape using a gingerbread man cookie cutter. Arrange the biscuits onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 8–9 minutes or until slightly golden.
3. Leave the biscuits to cool on the tray for 15 minutes. Spread a biscuit with a teaspoon of Nutella® and add another gingerbread man on top. Continue this way until you have used all the biscuits.
4. To make the icing, mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice, half a teaspoon at a time, until you get a smooth paste then transfer to a piping bag. Decorate each biscuit with icing — don’t forget to give them smiley faces! Serve with milk for happy dunking, and enjoy!