Hallowe’en Gingerbread Mummies and Skeletons

Name: Hallowe’en Gingerbread Mummies and Skeletons
Yield: Makes 25–30 biscuits
Ingredients: 300 g/11 oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 100 g/3½ oz soft dark brown sugar; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp ground ginger; 200 g/7 oz icing sugar; white icing pen; edible eyes; 300 g/11 oz ready-made white fondant icing; 140 g/4¾ oz chilled unsalted butter, diced; ½ tsp ground allspice; 1 egg, beaten; 50 g/2 oz golden syrup; 50 g/2 oz black treacle; ½ tsp fine salt; ½ tsp mixed spice; icing sugar, for dusting; 2 tsp ground cinnamo

Preparation info

Makes
25–30
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Real Food Kids Will Love

By Annabel Karmel

Published 2018

About

Little ghosts and ghouls can help their mummies make these frightfully tasty treats!

Ingredients

140 g/4¾ oz chilled unsalted butter, diced
100 g/3½

Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment.

Put the butter, sugar, flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda in a food processor and blitz until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Whisk the egg, black treacle, syrup and salt in a bowl.