Gingerbread men
A festive season must have - gingerbread men ice cream sandwiches
Cream the First Choice Butter and sugar together. Add the egg yolks and golden syrup.
Sift the flour, spices, salt and bicarbonate of soda together.
Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix to make a firm dough.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Cover with clingfilm and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease and line two baking sheets.
Place the dough between two sheets of baking paper and roll out until it is about 4 mm thick.
Use a 7 cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out the shapes.
Place the gingerbread biscuits on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
Cool on the baking sheet.
Add the cold vanilla velvet and the cinnamon into the bowl of an electric beater and whip until it is light and fluffy. Spoon into a large baking tray, lined with clingfilm. Freeze overnight.
Cut out gingerbread man shapes of ice cream and sandwich between two biscuits. Place them in the freezer for 10 minutes and serve straight from the freezer.
Ingredients
Directions
Cream the First Choice Butter and sugar together. Add the egg yolks and golden syrup.
Sift the flour, spices, salt and bicarbonate of soda together.
Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix to make a firm dough.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Cover with clingfilm and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease and line two baking sheets.
Place the dough between two sheets of baking paper and roll out until it is about 4 mm thick.
Use a 7 cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out the shapes.
Place the gingerbread biscuits on the prepared baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
Cool on the baking sheet.
Add the cold vanilla velvet and the cinnamon into the bowl of an electric beater and whip until it is light and fluffy. Spoon into a large baking tray, lined with clingfilm. Freeze overnight.
Cut out gingerbread man shapes of ice cream and sandwich between two biscuits. Place them in the freezer for 10 minutes and serve straight from the freezer.