Gingerbread men
VelvetVelvet Dairy Ice CreamButter

A festive season must have - gingerbread men ice cream sandwiches
Recipe Information
12
serves:
40 mins
prep time:
15 mins
cook time:
medium
difficulty:
Ingredients:
For the gingerbread men:
- 250 g First Choice Butter, room temperature
- 180 g soft brown sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 240 g golden syrup
- 650 g cake flour
- 25 ml ground ginger
- 10 ml mixed spice
- 2 ml salt
- 10 ml bicarbonate of soda
For the ice cream:
- 1 l First Choice Vanilla Velvet, ice cold
- 5 ml ground cinnamon
Preparation method:
For the gingerbread men:
- 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.
For the ice cream:
- 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.
To Finish:
- 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.
