Gingerbread Cookies

Hello guys,

So as we are getting closer and closer to what I call 'proper Autumn' - when the leaves are falling of the trees and it starts to get cold, I wanted to do an autumnal bake, something that you can eat with a hot drink, in front of the fire and feel very cosy! So what better recepie to share then gingerbread. Gingerbread is one of my favourite recipes and this one is really good!

This was taking out of Mary Berry's Baking Bible and I am not taking any credit for it. If you enjoy baking then this is defiantly book I would recommend buying.

Ingredients:

• 350g of plain flour

• 1 level teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

• 2 level teaspoons of ground ginger

• 100g butter

• 175g of light muscavado sugar

• 4 tablespoons of holding syrup

• 1 large egg, beaten

Method:

1 Pre-heat the oven to 190°C/Fan 170°C/Gas 5. Lightly grease 3 baking trays.

2 Measure the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, then stir in the sugar. Add the golden syrup and beaten egg and mix to form a smooth dough, kneading lightly with the hands towards the end.

3 Divide the dough in roughly half and roll out one half on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of about 5mm. Cut out your biscuits using a cutter and place them on the baking trays.

4 Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 10-12 minutes until they become a slightly darker shade. Cool slightly then lift on to a wire rack and leve to cool completely.

5 This final step is optional and it is to ice the biscuits. This bit wasn't in my book and I'm not sure how much I used. If you do choose to ice you cookies use 6 teaspoons of water for every 200g of icing sugar.

If you made this recepie then tell me how it went in the comments. Also if you gave any questions ask, and I will try my best to answer them.

Thank you for reading

 Abi
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The Best Friend Tag!

Hello Guys,

First of all I want to apologise for my lack of posts over the last month I have been busy (and lazy!) but i will try to post one a week from now on!

Anyway this week I wanted to do the best friend tag with my best friend Emily. She also has a blog, so please click on her name to check it out!

Emily is on the left and I'm on the right

1. How and when did we meet?

Together: When I (Abi) was born and Emily was 9 months old, through our families and church

2. What are your favourite memories together?

Emily: The holidays to Norfolk and France

Abi: Em's first birthday sleepover

3. Describe each other in one word.

Abi: Creative

Emily: Hilarious

4. What's your best friends dream job?

Abi: Emily wants to be a dance teacher or a West end Performer

Emily: Abi would like to be an interior designer or a West End performer


5. What's your best friend's favourite makeup brand?

Abi: MUA

Emily: Collection


6. What is something that annoys you about the other person?

Abi: When I ask Em a question she often just shrugs her shoulders or says dunno

Emily: Abi always takes mugshots of me

7. If you could go anywhere in the world together, where would it be? 

Together: NEW YORK!!

8. Favourite inside joke? 

Abi: My Baby is home...

Emily: Rubber dub dub...

9. My best friend looks beautiful when ________

Emily: When Abi has her hair in a bun

Abi: When Em is dressed up and looks fancy!

10. Your best friend's favourite season? 

Emily: Summer because Abi loves the heat (even in England!)

Abi: Emily is greedy and likes them all but probably Autumn if she had to choose

11. If your best friend has a scar, how did they get it? 

Abi: Em has to lines on her arm from scraping it on a door

Emily: Abi has one on her forehead because she is a wizard (that's what she says but she doesn't actually know how!) and one on her knee from falling over

12. What is it like being best friends with a blogger. 

Together: We are both quite new to blogging so it means we can inspire each other with different ideas

13. Would your best friend choose heels or flats? 

Emily: Abi loves heels but thinks flats are a lot more comfy, so flats

Abi: Emily likes wedges!

14. Would your best friend choose trousers or dresses? 

Emily: Both! It depends on the occasion but probably trousers

Abi: Dresses

15. Your best friend's favourite animal? 

Emily: Her cats Beebo and Hector

Abi: Giraffe

16. If your best friend's house was burning down, and their entire family and pets were sure to be okay, what 3 things would your best friend save? 

Abi: Emily would save Winnie the Pooh, her Special box and her phone as it has all her pictures on it

Emily: Abi would save Grandpa Bear, Special Box and her pandora bracelet 

17. Would your best friend choose comedy, horror, or chick-flick? 

Abi: chick-flick

Emily: Abi likes comedy

18. Would your best friend choose Blackberry or iPhone? 

Together: iPhone!

19. Does your best friend have any nicknames?

Emily: Abs, Abi, Shmabi

Abi: Em

20. What is something weird that your best friend eats? 

Emily: Abi would eat Biscoff by the spoon!

Abi: Emily eats the gherkin in the McDonalds burger which is gross

21. Do you guys have anything matching? 

Together: A top from Primark

22. If you were out together, what would your best friend eat?

Emily: A margarita pizza (thin base)

Abi: Emily likes curry

23. What's something you want to teach your best friend? 

Abi: How to play sims!

Emily: To eat more interesting foods

24. What is something you want to change about your best friend?

Emily: To be more organised 

Abi: To be less organised!

25. If your best friend were deserted on an island, what are the 3 things she could not live without?

Abi: Her Dad, her bed and her fridge!

Emily: Her Parents, her bed and her fridge (after a big Tesco shop!)

Thank you so much for reading I hope you enjoyed, have a great week and I will (hopefully) post another blog soon!

Abi
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