Recipe binder: gingerbread

Today in a mass kitchen session I decided to finally try out the gingerbread recipe I've had lurking in my recipe binder for ages. I've always liked gingerbread as a quick sweet fix and I like having something in the house to nibble on during the week when I want something yummy.

What you need:

• 250g self raising flour
• 1 egg
• 90g butter
• 2tbsp hot water
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 150g golden syrup

How you make it:

• Melt butter and syrup together
• Sift flour, ginger and cinnamon together into a bowl
• Hollow the centre
• Pour syrup mixture into the hollow, stirring in the flour from the sides
• Add the egg and water
• Mix, adding more water if needed
• Pour into a lined cake tin
• Bake in the centre of the oven, gas mark 3/170 degrees Celsius, for one hour
• Cool for 15 minutes
• Turn onto cooling rack
• Cut into chunks and store