Cinnamon Skeleton Gingerbread Men

Halloween is almost upon us and that means it's the perfect time to bake some fun recipes and get the kids into the kitchen. You should also have a look at my blog post for Spooky Lime Lemongrass Carrot Cake but if you fancy making something a bit simpler then these spooky Skeleton gingerbread men are perfect and are lots of fun to make! The ginger icing is a delicious accompaniment to the cinnamon, ginger and chocolate biscuits.

Ingredients (Makes 10 – 15 biscuits)

For the Biscuits:
115g salted butter (room temperature)
100g caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp Belvoir Ginger Cordial
175g plain flour
30g cocoa
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the Icing:
4-5 tbsp icing sugar
Belvoir Ginger Cordial

Method

- Preheat the oven to 160C/gas 3 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- In a food processor, mix the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy.
- Beat in the golden syrup (dip the spoon in boiling water first) and the tablespoon of Belvoir Ginger Cordial.
- In a separate bowl, sieve the flour, cocoa, cinnamon, ginger and bicarbonate of soda together and then mix it into the butter and sugar. Bring together into a firm dough.
- Roll out the dough to about 1/2 cm thick, then cut out the shapes using a gingerbread cutter.
- Place the shapes on the baking paper (leave some space between them as they will spread a little) and bake for 15 minutes.
- When cool, make a very thick icing by dribbling the ginger cordial sparingly into the icing sugar.
- Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a small nozzle attached, then pipe out your skeleton designs. Allow to set before serving.

Tip

- Make sure the icing is really thick – you don’t want it to spread too much.


Note: This recipe was supplied to me by Belvoir Fruit Farms