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Giant Gingerbread Man
So how about a Giant Gingerbread Man?
Gingerbread Sleighs
A Gingerbread Sleigh – filled with a Chocolate Father Christmas and Snowballs!
My plan was to make these for the boys for Christmas, but having made only 2 and there being 3 of them these are off to the school Christmas fair instead!
Gingerbread
Gingerbread dough is always lots of fun – whether you want to make biscuits, men or even a Gingerbread house then a good dough recipe is the place to start. The resting of the dough and chilling is an important step for the very best in gingery spiced flavoured biscuits so try not to miss it out if you can.
Day 3 – Salted Caramels
Day 3 of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas and today it’s Salted Caramels – the perfect gift for someone special (or indeed you – I won’t tell anyone you made them!)
Ingredients:
175ml double cream
135g caster sugar
85g golden syrup
Day 2 – Elf Cookie Lollies
Day 2 of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas and this year, Father Christmas is being joined by some little helpers – Elf Cookie Lollies!
You will need:
1 x batch of Vanilla Sugar Cookie Dough recipe here rolled out to a depth of 4-5mm between 2 sheets of baking paper and chilled until firm.
How to Make Treacle Toffee
Another Bonfire Night How To – Treacle Toffee this time
What I can’t tell you is how to eat it without ending up at the dentist!
Ingredients:
450g demerara sugar
450g black treacle
150g butter
Makes: Approx 70 pieces – feel free to halve the quantities for a smaller batch but you’ll also need a smaller tin to set it in.
How to Make Honeycomb
It’s called lots of things – honeycomb, hokey-pokey, sponge candy – whatever you call it it’s the stuff that’s inside a Crunchie, and I often get requests for this recipe. Very quick and easy to make and a perfect bonfire night treat.
Halloween Ginger Biscuits
One for the kids to help with, my boys never seem to tire of this old school baking idea and will put mini Halloween cutters to good use!
Ingredients:
450g plain flour
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
115g butter
100g soft light brown sugar
1 egg, large
150g golden syrup
1 x pkt clear boiled fruit sweets
Makes 24.
Halloween Scotch Eggs!
For a gross twist on Oven Baked Scotch Eggs why not turn them into these – perfect for slicing up for a Halloween Party!
You just need to follow the Oven Baked Scotch Eggs recipe here but peel the hard boiled eggs and place them in a small bowl of water with a dash of red food colouring added.
Oven Baked Scotch Eggs
Proper tasty scotch eggs, and not a fryer in sight!
Ingredients:
4 boiled eggs, large
400g good quality pork sausages (6)
1/2 Bramley apple
2 eggs
50g plain flour
salt and pepper
150g fresh white breadcrumbs
Makes 4.
