You will need:
1 R.A. = Reliable Adult
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1 tablespoon black treacle
1 level teaspoon cinnamon
1 level teaspoon ginger
1 pinch ground cloves
finely grated rind of an orange
3oz (95 g) butter or margarine
level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
about 8 oz (225 g) plain flour
about 2 oz (50 g) currants (optional)
You will also need 2 lightly greased baking sheets measuring 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)
Get R.A. to pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4, 350_F (180_C).
Directions:
Find your Mum or Dad or another reliable adult and persuade them to try this recipe. (The Reliable Adult will be known as the R.A from now on in this recipe.)
Tell the R.A to put the first 6 ingredients into a saucepan and bring them to boiling point, stirring all the time. You stand WAY back in case any hot spatters hit your face. That happened to me once and it is NOT funny.
Take the pan of the heat. Tell the responsible adult to cut he butter up into pieces and drop it into the mixture. Now add the bicarbonate of soda. So far so good.
Next, they need to add in the flour and turn the whole thing into a dough. Now, tell the R.A to put the dough in the fridge and to read the story of The Gingerbread Man. (You need to leave the dough in the fridge for twenty minutes. Don’t worry, the story is easily that long.)
Cut out your Gingerbread Men with a cutter. They should be about 3mm thick. (The Gingerbread Man was quite thick when you think about it, wasn’t he?)
Now for your bit. Ask the responsible adult to stand back while you decorate The Gingerbread Man. You could use little sweets for the eyes. Nose and mouth or you could use raisins. I like to put a row of buttons down his front, made from sweets or raisins, whatever you like.
The R.A can now arrange the men on the greased baking tray and pop them into the hot oven for 10-15 minutes.
Get the R.A to remove them from the oven and wait for the Gingerbread Men to cool. (I know it’s hard to wait but you have to. Otherwise, they burn your fingers.)
Eat!
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