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gingerbread massacre

17 October 2013 by Dominic Franks

… last christmas The Viking got very creative with his gift giving and found an adorable, or should that be deplorable set of halloween themed cookies, baking implements and cookbooks and of course i’ve had to wait nearly all year to use them… the first and most intriguing set for me are these very cute ABC Gingerbread Men… ABC, as in Already Been Chewed as each cutter has a limb missing with a clear bite-mark shaped out in the metal… they’re great fun and the premise behind them is that once baked your guests will not touch them because they look as though they’ve already been chewed… I think they look more like gingerbread zombies or that some kind of monster has come along and bitten off limbs… either way I feel they’re perfect for Halloween…

gingerbread massacre
now that the fun is over what you still need is a damn fine gingerbread and this is one of the nicest recipes i’ve found… it’s a classic that calls for molasses which I didn’t have but used golden syrup instead and they came out beautifully… sorry for the cups measurement but the recipe is for those silly americans who don’t have scales…

should make at least 40 regular gingerbread men
3 and 1/2 cups flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg – beaten
1 cup golden syrup or molasses, warmed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 and 1/2 teaspoons warm water
1/2 cup margarine

in a large bowl cream the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy then add the baking soda to the molasses and stir in, then add this and all the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and beat in until you form a dough

wrap the dough in film and pop in the fridge for 24 hours

cut out your gingerbread figures and bake on 160C for 10 mins or until they are the colour you like them… decorate to your taste

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Karen S Booth says

    17 October 2013 at 9:51 am

    LOL! I LOVE these Dom, they appeal to my warped sense of humour! LOVE them! Make me some please? Karen

  2. Elizabeth Young says

    17 October 2013 at 10:00 am

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Poor gingerbread men!

  3. From the Kitchen says

    17 October 2013 at 11:29 am

    At first, I thought your cookies had stuck to the baking sheet!
    How clever!

    Best,
    Bonnie

  4. Suelle says

    17 October 2013 at 12:47 pm

    Ha ha! Just the job to frighten the trick or treaters!

  5. Gary says

    17 October 2013 at 1:23 pm

    hahahahahaha love it.

  6. Susan Lindquist says

    17 October 2013 at 5:09 pm

    Hahaha! These rock! SOOO politically incorrect that the rebel in me loves them!

  7. belleau kitchen says

    17 October 2013 at 5:13 pm

    from the gingerbread league of bitten-off limbs?

  8. Anne Szadorska says

    17 October 2013 at 7:58 pm

    Awww I love them so cute in a weird kind of way!!

  9. london bakes says

    17 October 2013 at 9:27 pm

    I've never seen these before and I totally love them! I love your decorations too, so brilliant.

  10. Magnolia Verandah says

    18 October 2013 at 12:54 am

    What great fun – the idea is very halloween – although I suppose if you only had a normal gingerbread cutter you could do a bit of abstract knife work yourself? Love those sad faces.

  11. Elizabeth says

    18 October 2013 at 8:54 am

    Haha! I love it! ๐Ÿ˜€

  12. Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes says

    18 October 2013 at 11:49 am

    OMG, I'm loving them! How flipping unique!

  13. Anneli Faiers (Delicieux) says

    18 October 2013 at 4:12 pm

    Very clever ๐Ÿ™‚ I love these, just my sense of humour.

  14. Kate@whatkatebaked says

    18 October 2013 at 4:13 pm

    Haha-Brilliant Dom, these made me chuckle!

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