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Classic gingerbread

Name: Classic gingerbread
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: slightly salted butter 150g, cubed, plus extra for the tin; caster sugar 70g; demerara sugar 70g, plus 2 tbsp to sprinkle; plain flour 175g; fine oats 50g; bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp; ground ginger 1 tbsp; ground nutmeg ½ tsp; ground cinnamon ½ tsp; crystallised ginger 50g

45 minutes + Cooling
Makes 9 squares
Easy

Try these traditional gingerbread squares with a crumbly, chewy texture. Perfect as a treat or homemade edible gift

By Katy Gilhooly

Published: October 27, 2020 at 5:29 pm

Try our homemade gingerbread recipe then check out our ginger biscuits, ginger cake, parkin and more ginger recipes.

Looking for more edible Christmas gifts? Try our homemade nougat, Baileys fudge, tiffin and plenty more.

Ingredients

slightly salted butter 150g, cubed, plus extra for the tin
caster sugar 70g
demerara sugar 70g, plus 2 tbsp to sprinkle
plain flour 175g
fine oats 50g
bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp
ground ginger 1 tbsp
ground nutmeg ½ tsp
ground cinnamon ½ tsp
crystallised ginger 50g

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base and sides of a 20cm brownie tin with baking paper. Mix together the sugars, flour, oats, bicarb and spices in a large bowl. Rub in the butter then stir in the crystallised ginger. Press the mixture into the tin and sprinkle with 2 tbsp demerara sugar. Bake for 25 minutes, then cut into 9 squares and leave to cool in the tin. Will keep in an airtight container for a week.