Halloween Gingerbread Men
Spooky and cute! Simple Halloween gingerbread men to bake with the kids. Tasty Halloween baked treats.
Halloween Gingerbread Man Recipe
Our super easy gingerbread men with skeleton decoration will be a big hit with the kids and best of all, they're really easy to make.
My kids love to make Halloween ginger'dead men and it's become a bit of a Halloween tradition at our house. And who doesn't love a cool gingerbread cookie?!
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Equipment Needed
- Weighing scales
- Teaspoon
- Cup
- Fork
- Tablespoon
- Food processor
- Baking tray
Halloween Gingerbread Man Ingredients
You'll only need a handful of cookie ingredients to make these super cute skeleton gingerbread cookies!
- 80g plain flour
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 70g butter
- 90g light brown sugar
- 1 small egg - beaten
- 1 tbs golden syrup
- 1 pack of coloured icing tubes
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How To Make Halloween Gingerbread Men
Step One - mix up the gingerbread cookie dough
- We make these using the food processor just for speed. Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, cinnamon, butter and sugar to the food processor - blitz until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add in the beaten egg and syrup - blitz again until a stiff dough is formed.
- Tip the dough out, let the kids play with it to make it smooth and pliable.
Step Two - preheat
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4
Step Three - cut out the Halloween gingerbread men
- Wrap in clingfilm and pop in the fridge for around 20 minutes to chill.
- Grease a couple of baking sheets.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and roll out to about ½ cm thick.
- Cut out the gingerbread men and place on the greased baking sheets.
Step Four - bake the Halloween gingerbread men
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Leave the gingerbread men to cool for around 10 minutes on the tray and then slide them off the tray using a spatula and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Step Five - decorate the skeleton cookies
- Once cool decorate with coloured icing.
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Make Halloween Gingerbread Men Your Way...
- Decorate them with sprinkles and smiles for a non-spooky versions
- Dip them in white chocolate for gingerbread ghosts
- No time to bake? Buy ready made plain gingerbread man and a pack of writing icing for the kids to get busy with.
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How To Serve Halloween Gingerbread Men
- As trick or treat gifts
- Halloween party food
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More Easy Halloween Recipes For You To Try
- Slime Dip - a delicious homemade guacamole dip with tortilla stars for dipping, just to add a little magic.
- Jack-O-Lantern Pasta Pots - delicious, warming one pot pasta recipe that's perfect for the kids tea on Halloween night.
- Edible Witch Wands - make up a batch of yummy edible witch wands with our super easy wand making recipe. This is a great recipe for kids to get busy with in the kitchen.
- Halloween Jelly - wormy jelly that's super easy to make and kids just LOVE!
- Halloween Candy Witch Wands - spooky little witch wands made with jelly sweets - great for Halloween parties!
Halloween Gingerbread Men
Cute little ginger'dead' men
Ingredients
- 80g flour
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 70g butter
- 90g light brown sugar
- 1 small egg - beaten
- 1 tbs syrup
- 1 pack of coloured icing tubes
Instructions
- We make these using the food processor just for speed. Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, cinnamon, butter and sugar to the food processor - blitz until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add in the beaten egg and syrup - blitz again until a stiff dough is formed.
- Tip the dough out, let the kids play with it to make it smooth and pliable.
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- Wrap in clingfilm and pop in the fridge for around 20 minutes to chill.
- Grease a couple of baking sheets.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and roll out to about ½ cm thick.
- Cut out the gingerbread men and place on the greased baking sheets.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Leave the gingerbread men to cool for around 10 minutes on the tray and then slide them off the tray using a spatula and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Once cool decorate with coloured icing.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 118Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 52mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 0gSugar: 10gProtein: 1g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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