ASHBOURNE GINGERBREAD(ENGLISH)

      Title: ASHBOURNE GINGERBREAD(ENGLISH)
  Categories: English
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       8 oz Self-raising flour
       4 oz Soft brown sugar
       4 oz Margarine
         pn Salt
       2 ts Ground ginger
       1 tb Level golden syrup
  
   Set oven to 350/F or Mark 4. Sieve the flour, salt and ginger
   together. Cream the syrup, margarine and sugar in a bowl, then stir
   in the dry ingredients. Knead the mixture on a floured surface to
   form a smooth dough. Form into a sausage shape, press into an oblong
   and cut into slices. Bake the slices in a greased tin until golden
   brown; approximately 30 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before
   removing from the tin. Some local recipes add a little grated root
   ginger and or a level teaspoon of mixed spice. Gingerbread men were
   made and sold in country towns at Easter Fairs and Autumn Wakes
   Weeks. Fashioned in moulds, they were decorated with coloured hats
   and scarlet or white sugar buttons. They can still be found for sale
   today in Ashbourne and the surrounding area.
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