{"id":150,"date":"2021-09-18T07:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/?p=150"},"modified":"2021-10-10T13:39:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T02:39:52","slug":"gingerbread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/18\/gingerbread\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Gingerbread has been around for centuries; the gingerbread fair in Paris dates back to the 11th Century. Gingerbread figures were originally made as pigs and later developed into little men.<\/em><br><em>This recipe makes crispy gingerbread biscuits that are perfect for gingerbread shapes. They can stand up to plenty of dunking because of their crispy texture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sallysbakingaddiction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/gingerbread-men-4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>2 \u00bd cups plain flour, sifted<\/li><li>1 tsp baking soda<\/li><li>125g butter<\/li><li>\u00bd cup brown sugar<\/li><li>\u00bd cup golden syrup<\/li><li>2 tsps ground ginger<\/li><li>\u00bd tsp ground cinnamon<\/li><li>1 tsp ground nutmeg<\/li><li>\u00bd tsp ground cloves<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the golden syrup and sift in the flour, baking soda and spices. Mix to form a smooth dough.<\/li><li>Divide the dough in half and wrap in plastic film, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or until firm.<\/li><li>Preheat oven to 190<sup>o<\/sup>C.<\/li><li>Roll out the dough between sheets of non-stick baking paper to 5mm thickness. Cut out shapes with a gingerbread man cookie cutter. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.<\/li><li>Bake for 8 minutes or until golden. Place on a cake rack, cool then decorate.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The gingerbread biscuits will not change much in colour whilst baking &#8211; take care not to burn them!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingerbread has been around for centuries; the gingerbread fair in Paris dates back to the 11th Century. Gingerbread figures were originally made as pigs and later developed into little men.This recipe makes crispy gingerbread biscuits that are perfect for gingerbread shapes. They can stand up to plenty of dunking because of their crispy texture. Ingredients &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/18\/gingerbread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gingerbread<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucesheb.familyds.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}