Gingerbread Men recipe!
as requested on Flickr!
Gingerbread Men Recipe!
I’m not sure where this recipe came from! But it works well 
and the kids love it, just the right amount of Ginger!
12oz Plain Flour
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
2.5 teaspoons of ground Ginger
4oz unsalted butter
6oz Light brown soft sugar
1 egg – beaten
4 tablespoons Golden Syrup
pre-heat the oven to 190 degrees C
sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger together in a mixing bowl
chop the butter into small pieces, and rub into dry mixture until the consistency of fine breadcrumbs, then add the sugar and mix together
mix the beaten egg and golden syrup together, and add to the mixture, mixing together to form a dough
Now the fun begins!
Roll out on a floured surface to about 3mm thick, then cut out what ever shapes you want. Put onto a lightly greased or lined baking sheet, decorate and cook for approximately 10 to 15 minutes depending on size of biscuit. I tend to check the colour and spread of the biscuit.
When they are cooked, leave on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack, and leave to cool completely.
Then eat!!!!!!
November 29th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Thank you so much. I’m gonna try
November 29th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Thanks, this is great! Now I will have to hunt down some golden syrup here in the US.
November 29th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
They look brilliant. Hope the birthday boy enjoyed them too.
November 29th, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Well aren’t they grand. Hope the birthday boy had a great day, oh and I love the name for your new corsages, brilliant fun.
November 30th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Thanks for sharing the recipe – I’ll have to give them a go although I’m not sure mine will turn out as perfectly as yours. Hope William had a great day.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Those are adorable!!! Hope it was happy happy!
December 21st, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Such a lovely recipe – by far the best I’ve tried!!!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
looks lovely, planning on using it.
how many does it make?(roughly)
March 20th, 2007 at 11:17 am
thankyou we shall make these in school
August 13th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
these are great thanks
August 13th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
but you stoll the recipe from a cookery book!!!
August 21st, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Oh my deesh they look so yum,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
well im gonna try it so thanx
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yawn
September 10th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
the pre schoolers loved them and helped to make them what a grat recipe
October 29th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Just made them. Didn’t have any syrup so I used honey. They are delic.
Thankyou for the recipe
Mags
November 3rd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Yeah, How many DOES it make?
November 17th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Can anyone offer tips for the deploying of smarties? Before cooking? Or immediately after, whlie they’re still a bit soft?
November 24th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Aren’t you meant to be cooking gingerbread men, not posting strange messages?
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 am
hey, just like to say that these are agreable and grand
thank you so much i love this recipe it turned out great
ALL YOU NEED TO ADD FOR MAKING IT BLOODY PERFECT IT LEMON BUT JUST A TINT PLEASE THEN THEY ARE GORGEOUS YESH YESH THEY ARE
PPL TRY THEM THERE LOVELY XXXXXX
December 4th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
o wow yum yum!
December 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
[...] The recipe is from Raspberry.co.uk, and it is here. It is just the right amount of ginger, but I may have overbaked a few batches so some are gingerbready and some are gingerbiscuity. But all are covered in G&B milk chocolate, so yum. [...]
December 12th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
im gonna give it a try today gonna make gingerbread trees and decorate them with coloured writing icing. also gonna hang a bit of ribbon through the top of the gingerbread tree and then hang them on my xmas tree as decorations. thanks for the recipe
kerry xx
December 16th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
These are adorable!
I like the idea of using golden syrup instead of molasses – it’s easier to find.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
The recipe is from Mary Berry’s Ultimate Cake book. Loads of other great child friendly recipes contained within. I’ve not had any disappointments yet [touchwood] It is nice to mix light brown sugar with dark soft brown sugar unrefined molasses sugar.
I stick smarties on with blobs of melted chocolate.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
I can vouch for the recipe…they are fantastic!
December 18th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
hi these are really good!! As an answer to previous questions it makes about 15 if you keep re-rolloing it until there isnt enough left!!
but yer really really good recipe!!!
December 19th, 2007 at 10:27 am
these found fantastic im a childminder and have 10 children to look affter and never find time to write cards so im gna make these with them.
they soung yum xxxx
December 20th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
what am I doing wrong? The mix looks like cake batter after the egg has been mixed. I can’t pick it up and roll it of anything, I’ve had to add about double the flour it get it to turn to dough
December 20th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
THE BEST! My 2 1/2 yr old daughter and I just finnished making a few dozen! They are perfect. She normally doesn’t like gingerbread and I find some overwhelming, she LOVES these and so do I. I substituted golden syrup for corn syrup and added some cinnamon to the recipie. Wonderful ~will be a staple part of our recipie book .
Thanks for sharing!
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:33 pm
thank-you very much this is a lovely recipe i baked them for christmas presies and everyone liked them but i think u should add a bit more ginger because the taste didnt come through for me!! = ]
December 27th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Thank you so much for the ginger bread recipe. It made my ginger bread day. It also give my mum a shock when she had to clear up.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Mmm… I tried the recipe and they were the best gingerbread men I’ve EVER eaten! Thank you so much! (The gingerbread men in the picture are really cute.)
January 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Cheers for the recipe they tasted sweet
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
thanks for the recipe – my twin boys loved them!
February 14th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
we are making these now.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
we burnt them
February 26th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Im gonna try them they will probably turn ou as a runny dough thats what happened with my last recipie
February 29th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Im now going to try this …i hope it turns out well !!
JCA
=] x
March 5th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Lovely recipe! One little tip though is to chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 mins before rolling out, otherwise you end up with a big runny mess! xxx
March 21st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
We’re going to try these this afternoon in the caravan, will let you know if they are successful or not.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
we’re going to try these tomorrow, the recipe looks nice, and easy to follow
April 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Hey, This is a good recipe we doubled it and are in the process of baking right now. There yummmmmyyyy
. But we had to further double the flour because it went really runny. But taste yumyumyum 
:)
And they have jelly tots on top yum
April 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
ERMMM I LOVE TO EAT GINGGER BREAD MEN =|
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Thanks!!!
this looks really good =]
am going out to buy eggs to make them!!x
June 5th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I had no golden syrup so i used toffee sauce instead. it tasted greattt
June 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
im going to try these. they look so tasty
June 17th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
im going to try and make these ginger bread men. because the look fab and i just want to eat them soo much. Cant wait to i try these.
From N. Ireland
xx
June 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Really great, but I made an egg wash with 1/4 cup beaten egg and 1 tablespoon of ground crystallized ginger. YUMMY !!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 am
all i can say is mmmmmmmm they turned out great i did a whole family of gingerbread people i did add extra ginger though and i also added a tsp of mixed spice i usually make ginger cakes and have to wait 3 days before we can eat them while they mature least with this we can eat straight away
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
wow thank you so much .its the sumer holiday and i had nothing to do . now my day is going to be brill having lots of fun with my mum in the kitchen .
olivia holland , 13, england.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:11 am
yummy………………… the BEST gingerbreadmen in the whole world!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
YUMMY! i made these earlier they are sooo dinky and cute im taking some to a sleepover!
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
wow i try you recipe it was well wow thank you soooooo much it was a lovely day whem i made them perfet
September 6th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Im going to make these with my boyfriend when he gets back from his driving lesson =] he loves gingerbread so i hope it turns out alright ^.^
September 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Cheers.
September 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
it looks so good. mmmm
September 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
thanks for the recipie i am making them to give out as little gifts for mr friends dedication.
hayley and girls
October 11th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I have a fantastic gingerbread cake recipe:
8 oz dark brown sugar
6 oz margarine (soft)
6 oz golden syrup
6 oz treacle
15 oz tin evaporated milk
Put in ingredients into a saucepan and gently melt – do not boil. Use when slightly warm.
1 lb wholewheat or plain flour
3 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bi-carb
Sieve these ingredients together in a bowl
1 egg well beaten.
Combine all ingredients mixing really well. Can add chopped stem ginger or 4 oz sultanas at this stage, but this is optional.
Base line a deep tin roughly 8″ x 10″ – 2.1/2 to 3″ depth. Thoroughly grease sides
Pour mixture into tin and cook for 55 minutes on 150C, Fan Oven. Might be higher in a normal oven. Cool in tin before cutting.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
thanks alot for the recipe i’m going to do ginger bread pumkins in d&t (food tech)
thanks
ryan k
October 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
hey doznt bicarb ov soda and lemon juice fizzle?
November 9th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Just used this recipe for (rather late) ginger-bread pigs! Tried one and they are just right. Thanks!
November 9th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Just made these, theyre very good. I added extra ginger (by accident..!) and a teaspoon of cinnamon. I wanted them a bit chewier but left them in the oven a tad too long, oh dear.
I’d reccomend these to anybody as its an easy recipe!
November 11th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
this is the easiest recipe i have come across, with the least amount of ingredients, tho i would recommend maybe a little mixed spice or ground cinnamon to spice these bad boys up abit
December 7th, 2008 at 5:08 am
MMMM so Good i loved them.. and they were sooo easy to make and decorate! thanx alot for the recipe?
December 7th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Cool! Just what I was looking for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers!
December 7th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Excellent recipe… my son and I have had a wonderful afternoon decorating the men and angels for our christmas tree! They are also yummy we have had to try a few just to make sure.
December 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
The best gingerbread man recipe by far on the net. Simple and to the point, why do the rest have to be quite so complicated and yet they don’t have such a fantastic flavour?
A very big thank you for taking at least one stress away at this festive time.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
These look so good! What temperature does the oven have to be? Ive never made gingerbread men before
December 16th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Hi, I’m thinking about making some of these this week. Can anyone tell me how long they’ll last and how best to store them? I’m thinking about adding them to my mini hamper Xmas presents but don’t want to make them too early if they won’t last.
Thanks.
Nicci
December 17th, 2008 at 6:13 am
[...] credit: http://www.raspberry.co.uk homemade Gingerbread Men Cookies (YUM!) 2 funky decorative ornaments a beautiful Guardian Tin Angel [...]
December 17th, 2008 at 10:51 am
hi, thanks a lot!
Ive been looking for a good gingerbread recipe for about an hour now on the internet – no complicated ones, just ones I can make Christmas biscuits from…and Ive finally founf one! Thankyou, I’m off to get the ingredients. From the responses you’ve got I’m guessing its a good recipe!
Thankyou.
kate
December 21st, 2008 at 5:20 pm
it looks brill i am gonna try it out for MR santa clause
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
they are brill my kids loved them
January 11th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
These are excellent. I doubled up on the ginger and added some cinnamon to make them really spicy (though I wouldn’t recommend this for giving them to kids). I found they only needed 10 minutes at 190! Really quick and easy to make.
January 12th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I wrote down this recipe before christmas after stumbling across the site. then when it came time to make the gingerbread men i couldn’t find the recipe!! so again i have finally found your website!!! your recipe is one of the best i’ve ever come across… better than the cook books. thanks so much, its absolutely brilliant!!!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Are they chewy?
January 25th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
hi, can anyone help me with a really silly question?!!
Can you bake these gingerbread men with the smartie in the dough?- wouldnt it just melt?, or should i push it in when soft and setting?. I m trying to make them without needing to stick smarties on top with icing etc. Any offers of advice would be great , thanks everyone .
January 27th, 2009 at 10:19 am
these are the best recipe i have found by a long way, my children and me loved making (and eating) these delicious little bundles of joy, mmmmmmmmm, thank you
February 6th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
these were easy to make, have to admit it makes loads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i made 3 trays full!
will see how they come out! hope i have enough cooling racks!
February 14th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Thank you so much for the recipe, I just made my boyfriend some heart shaped ones, and they are YUMMY!
great recipe, easy to make
February 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
the whole family made some! YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
regards Midget (preferably Midgie)
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Hi
Great recipe. Tried & tested with my 4 year old grandson.
Gingerbreadmen & dinosaurs everywhere.
Thank you
March 28th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Going to try today, looked in all my cook books but no joy so thank god for the web x
April 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
made these with my three year old son, he loved them! the look on his face when they came out of the oven was sooo cute! we are making them again today they were so good, thanks for the recipe.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am
absolutely great, brother and sister loved them- mum not so pleased now as they ate so much their really hyper!
thanks
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
these cookies are amazing I made them for my final show due to them being involved in a project I did and they were amazing they were all gone with in the first half an hour baring in mind I did 2 full batches I thought I would have enough for the evening lol. an absolute hit with the children they were very sad when they were all gone many went back for another. perfect treat. I have had problems in the past with cookies not tasting very gingery but these ones are perfect, GET BAKING! =]
July 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Thanks will try this today
July 27th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
My 10 year old daughter tried this brilliant recipe, not many left after they cooled, will recommend it to my friends.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Just baked these this afternoon. Thankyou ever so much. I’ve never made gingerbread men before but they have come out a treat. The kids love them! Thanks again.
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm
None of my cook books have a gingerbread recipe in them – what’s THAT all about?? Thank Goodness for Google, eh?
Going to try this out now ….
November 8th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
wow! i really wanna make these but i’ve got much to do (high school work ect.) hopefully i’ll make them tommorrow(sp?)
December 14th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
great recipie
December 19th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
hell yeah! i made them (well still shaping them and they are looking good and they probly are good!) the taste is magical!
December 21st, 2009 at 7:51 pm
wow! these are really lovely and so easy to make wish I’d read the comments first tho and chilled the dough before rolling out! But have eaten most of them from the oven!! Thanks for the recipe
January 25th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
I am going to try it.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
how many does this make ?
February 11th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Yum yum yum! i recommend!
great reciepe!!
turn the oven down a tad though, thy burn fairly quiick once cooked, 170 degrees C works lots better than 190oC
thanks muchly for reciepe,
they have gone already- eaten within 20 minutes :L
making more tommrow- DEFO
THANKYOUUUUU.
GET BAKING THESEEE!
xxxxx
February 16th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
these are lovely the best reciepe for gingerbread men I have ever tasted, I only done 2 teaspoons of ginger and half a teaspoon of cinnamon! Gorgeous! Did’nt have a problem with the dough no need to chill in fridge!
Thanks for the reciepe
February 21st, 2010 at 4:36 pm
how many does this make?
March 7th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
first time i ever made gingerbread men with my kids , for some reason i thought they would be difficult.. not at all made five large and ten small, have put the rest of the mixture in the freezer, dont… know if that will work but thought it would be a quick activity after school.. top tip keep butter in the freezer and grate into mixture , makes it rub in really quickly. thanks for the recipe…
May 19th, 2010 at 9:01 am
i made these last night as a test as i am having homemade gingerbread boys and girls as my wedding favours – used molasses instead of golden syrup and as i only had little cutters i baked for 8min – wow these are divine!! just the right amount of ginger and the that slightly chewy consistancy!! this is going to be my favour recipe thank you!!
made 28 little ones