How To Make Gingerbread - The Victorian Way
Mrs Crocombe shows how to make some edible gingerbread decorations to hang on the Christmas tree.
She includes the recipe and method so you can make it yourself.
Duration/Time: 5:33
INGREDIENTS:
- 225g Flour
- 225g Butter
- 2 tsp Cloves
- 2 tsp Ginger
- 2 tsp Allspice
- 60g Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Pounded Mace
- 1 tsp Caraway Seeds
- 1 tsp Coriander seeds
- Quarter of a Beaten Egg
- 170g Treacle (or Molasses)
METHOD:
In a large bowl, add the treacle, egg, sugar, ginger, allspice, mace, cloves, coriander and caraway seeds.
Mix it well together and then add the melted butter. Stir in the flour and mix until you form a soft dough.
You can either make the dough into small cookies or biscuits by patting a the dough into a discs on a baking tray.
Cook in a moderate oven (around 180 Celsius, Gas Mark 4 or 350 Farenheit) until golden brown.