The Hummingbird Bakery gingerbread men

Ingredients

• 400g plain flour
• ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2tsp ground ginger
• 2tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt
• + 10 more ingredients
• • 180g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 125g soft dark brown sugar or dark muscovado sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 125g black treacle
  • 1 egg white
  • ½ tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 310g icing sugar, sifted
  • food colouring, optional
  • gingerbread biscuit cutters
  • a baking tray, lined with greaseproof paper

1. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl and set aside. 2. Put the butter and sugars in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk) and cream on slow speed until light and fluffy. Tu...

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