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About the Citrus Gingerbread Cookies
Baking at Christmas means one thing, lots of ground ginger! This recipe created by Benjamina, combines the classic taste of Gingerbread cookies with a fresh twist. Sandwiched together with a dollop of dairy-free lime buttercream, hand dipped in dairy-free white chocolate and sprinkled with lime zest, these cookies cut no corners. Leaving you with pretty perfect plant-based cookies to share with loved ones this Christmas.
Enjoy more of what you love this Christmas and try out our other plant-based recipes using Billington's sugar for rich taste. Our vegan mince pie recipe is a must bake this season, or if you're looking for the freedom to bake your own creations, our basic plant based doughs are a good place to start, especially our festive gingerbread vegan dough.
Method
Step 1:
Put the dairy-free butter and muscovado sugar in a medium saucepan, and heat gently until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. Stir until the mixture blends together, but do not boil.
Step 2:
Remove from the heat and sieve in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger, then pour inthe golden syrup and beat until smooth.
Step 3:
Turn out the mixture onto some clingfilm and pat into a flat disc, then wrap tightlyand chill for 30 minutes.
Step 4:
Preheat the oven to 170°C, 150°C fan,
gas 3½. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Step 5:
When ready to bake, roll out the dough on a surface lightly dusted with flour until4mm thick, then stamp out 30 rounds, using a 6cm plain round cutter (and re-rolling the dough as necessary). Transfer the cookie onto the prepared baking trays, spacing them slightly apart, and bake for 12-15 minutes until they are golden. Leave to cool slightly on the trays then transfer to a cooling rack.
Step 6:
When ready to decorate, using 15 cookies, dip half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate and arrange them on a tray lined with baking paper until the white chocolate has set.
Step 7:
For the buttercream, beat together the dairy-free butter, icing sugar, half of the lime zest and 1 tsp lime juice in a bowl until smooth. Put the buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium-sized star nozzle.
Step 8:
To assemble the cookies, pipe swirls of buttercream evenly over 15 cookies, then top with the chocolate-dipped cookies. Spraylightly with the edible gold glitter and sprinkleover the remaining lime zest.
Ingredients
For the gingerbread
- 100g Dairy free butter
- 50g Billington's dark muscovado sugar
- 225g Allinson's plain flour
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp Ground ginger
- 5 tbsp Silver Spoon Golden Syrup
For the decoration
- 100g Dairy-free white chocolate
For the buttercream
- 140g Dairy free butter
- 290g Billington's Unrefined Golden Icing Sugar (sifted)
- 1 large Lime (zest & juice)
- Edible gold spray
Utensils
- Saucepan
- Sieve
- Clingfilm
- 2x Baking trays
- Cooling rack
- Piping bag
- Star piping nozzle
Nutritional Information
per 60g- 294cal Energy
- 13g Fat
- 3.9g of which Saturates
- 43g Carbohydrates
- 31g of which Sugars
- 1.7g Protein
- 0.39g Salt
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Ingredients
For the gingerbread
- 100g Dairy free butter
- 50g Billington's dark muscovado sugar
- 225g Allinson's plain flour
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp Ground ginger
- 5 tbsp Silver Spoon Golden Syrup
For the decoration
- 100g Dairy-free white chocolate
For the buttercream
- 140g Dairy free butter
- 290g Billington's Unrefined Golden Icing Sugar (sifted)
- 1 large Lime (zest & juice)
- Edible gold spray
Utensils
- Saucepan
- Sieve
- Clingfilm
- 2x Baking trays
- Cooling rack
- Piping bag
- Star piping nozzle
Nutritional Information
per 60g- 294cal Energy
- 13g Fat
- 3.9g of which Saturates
- 43g Carbohydrates
- 31g of which Sugars
- 1.7g Protein
- 0.39g Salt