Gingerbread Mummies

Ingredients

Makes: 20

Mummies
125g butter, at room temperature
½ cup firmly packed CSR Brown Sugar
½ cup CSR Golden Syrup
1 egg yolk
2½ cups plain flour
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Plain flour, to dust

Royal icing
1 egg white
1 cup CSR Pure Icing Sugar, sifted
½ tsp lemon juice

Method

1. Mummies: Preheat oven to 180°C conventional (160°C fan forced). Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter and brown sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add Golden Syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined. Sift the flour, ginger, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda and mix to a dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.

3. Roll dough between two sheets of baking paper to 5mm thickness. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

4. Use a 9cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out shapes. Place on trays about 5cm apart. Repeat with any excess dough.

5. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until brown. Cool on oven tray.

6. Royal Icing: Place egg white in a clean, dry bowl. Use an electric beater to beat until soft peaks form. Add lemon juice and gradually add icing sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form.

7. Place icing into small plastic bag. Cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Pipe icing over gingerbread men to create Mummies.

Brown Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar, sugar syrups

This popular sugar is used in many recipes, both savoury and sweet. A concentration of natural syrups gives it a soft natural caramel colour and aroma. Thanks to its delicious smooth caramel taste, it is often used in dessert recipes and sprinkled on porridge. CSR Brown Sugar is also ideal for adding sweetness to savoury dishes such as stir frys and sauces.

Original Golden Syrup

Ingredients: cane sugar, water

CSR Original Golden Syrup is a liquid gold.

The rich, dark blend of cane syrups combine to produce the traditional and distinctive flavour for which CSR is famous.

The perfect baking ingredient for adding moisture, colour and flavour. Gingernuts, Brandy Snaps and Anzac Biscuits are just a few examples of how golden syrup can be used to produce a deliciously rich, chewy result, making it a favourite with Australian families for generations.

CSR Original Golden Syrup is available in an easy-to-use jar, which features a screw top lid, making it easy to hold and convenient to store.

Pure Icing Sugar

Ingredients: cane sugar

While no cake would be complete without it, icing sugar can also be used to make goodies such as shortbread, cream fillings, marshmallow, and fondant; anywhere a smooth, soft finished texture is required. CSR Pure Icing Sugar is the perfect icing sugar for all your traditional and decorative special icing needs. As CSR Pure Icing Sugar is 100% natural sugar this ensures the icing has a firm setting quality every time.