Gingerbread Boxes Recipe

1h
Prep Time

20m
Cook Time

1h 20m
Ready In

Recipe: #15982

November 17, 2014

Categories: Desserts, Baby Shower, Easter, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Flour Chocolate, Butter/Margarine, Gifts, Kosher Dairy, more

recipe by:
ImPat

"From a national supermarkets Christmas magazine. They suggest filling with gold truffle balls but any sweet/lolly/chocolate would do, I also think this would be a good one for Easter and filled with mini Easter eggs."

Original is 12 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (96.4 g)
Calories 379
Total Fat - 9.7 g
Saturated Fat - 5.6 g
Cholesterol - 39.8 mg
Sodium - 205.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 71.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.9 g
Sugars - 49.3 g
Protein - 3.6 g
Calcium - 14.3 mg
Iron - 0.6 mg
Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan forced.

Step 2

Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.

Step 3

Using electric beaters, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy and then add golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined.

Step 4

Add sifted flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda, using a knife to mix until evenly combined.

Step 5

Gather dough together and turn out onto a sheet of non-stick baking paper.

Step 6

Divide the dough into 2 even portions, wrap one portion in cling wrap and set aside.

Step 7

Roll the other portion out to a rectangle about 26cm x 18cm and trim the sides to give straight lines, but don't make it any small than 24cm x 16cm.

Step 8

Cut dough into 12 pieces (four rows of three).

Step 9

Transfer pieces to one of the prepared trays, leaving a little room between them for spreading.

Step 10

Place trays in the fridge and chill while you roll out and cut the other piece of dough as you did the first.

Step 11

Bake first tray for 10 minutes, while chilling the second tray, then bake that tray for 10 minutes.

Step 12

Leave on the trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 13

Whisk egg white until frothy, then gradually add sifted icing sugar to make a stiff paste.

Step 14

Place paste into a small plastic piping bag and snip off the end and pipe this icing on the outside of joins of the square to cover any gaps and then decorate with cachous.