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Reindeer Cookies

5 from 1 vote
Serves : 24 cookies
Super simple and fun to make, these Reindeer Cookies are made with a quick and easy gingerbread cookie dough and a gingerbread man cookie cutter.
Author: Lou Carruthers
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chilling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients
 

  • 350 g Plain Flour or All Purpose Flour
  • 150 g Light Soft Brown Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Ground Ginger
  • 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 100 g Butter Unsalted, Cubed and Cold
  • 1 Eggs Medium
  • 4 tbsp Golden Syrup or Light Corn Syrup

To Decorate

Instructions
 

  • Make the cookies: Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line two large baking trays with baking parchment.
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and bicarb of soda. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips. The rubbed-in mixture should resemble fine breadcrumbs or sand. Alternatively, you can mix the dough in a stand mixer.
  • Add the sugar to the rubbed-in mixture.
  • In a separate bowl, add the egg and golden syrup. Whisk together.
  • Make a well in the centre of the rubbed-in mixture, and pour in the egg and golden syrup. Mix together to form a smooth dough.
  • Wrap the dough in cling-film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
  • Remove the chilled dough from the fridge and roll out on a floured surface to a thickness of approximately 3-5mm.
  • Using a gingerbread man cutter, cut out as many gingerbread men as possible.
  • Gently lift onto the lined baking tray with a flat palette knife. Gently lift onto the lined baking tray with a flat palette knife.
  • Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Take the gingerbread men out of the oven and slide them off the baking tray and onto a cooling rack to cool.
  • To decorate the reindeer: When the gingerbread men are cooled, turn them upside down, so their feet are at the top.
  • Using the food pen, draw the reindeer outline onto each gingerbread man including the antlers, eyes, eyebrows, ears and mouth.
  • Trace over the outline with the royal icing, using a small round nozzle or a piping bag with the tip snipped off. Make sure the opening isn’t too wide else the outline will flood out rather than be fine.
  • Add a little black gel food colouring to the remaining royal icing and add the eyebrows, pupils and mouth.
  • Add a dot of icing where you would like the nose to be, and add a small ball of red sugar paste.
  • When the royal icing is dry, go over the antlers with the edible gold paint.

Notes

  • The gingerbread reindeer cookies will keep up to a week in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 122kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 87mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 114IUCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg

DISCLAIMER

The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.

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