GFCF Gingerbread

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A few years ago, I came across this recipe that has become a

favorite. Even my daughter who turns her nose up at GFCF gobbles these

down. This year we’re doing a gingerbread house even.

Hope you like it,

S.

GINGERBREAD:

1

1/3 cups honey

1

cup brown sugar

1

cup dairy-free margarine

1

tbsp cinnamon

1

tsp bicarb soda

1

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/4

cup ground nuts (optional)

2

tbsp mixed peel

2

tbsp chopped preserved ginger (I use 1 T of fresh)

1

egg

6

cups GF flour*

1

tsp xanthan gum

*

I have used flour mixtures in the past and I have also used riceflour

alone,

but the riceflour gingerbread needed several days to soften to a good

texture

after baking.

ICING:

2

egg whites

2

cups icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)

1

tsp vinegar

colouring

Method:

GINGERBREAD:

Combine

honey, sugar & dairy-free margarine in a saucepan. Cook until

mixture

comes to a boil, then cool to lukewarm. Stir in all other

ingredients

except flour. Blend well. Add flour until well combined.

Refrigerate

overnight. Roll out 1/4 inch thick & cut into desired shapes.

Bake

10 mins at 375 degrees. Let cool before decorating.

ICING:

Beat

all ingredients until stiff. Color and decorate.

Recipe

makes 8-12 dozen. For extra flavour store in covered container 2

weeks

before eating. (This is well worth doing!)

" Here

in America we are descended in blood and in spirit

from

revolutionists and rebels - men and women

who

dare to dissent from accepted doctrine.

As

their heirs, may we never confuse honest

dissent

with disloyal subversion. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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