EAT FRESH & FEEL GOOD
Nutritional Therapy and Feel Good Food
Lucie Simon BA, Dip NT, mBANT
GINGERBREAD
Why not get the cookie cutters out with the kids and make gingerbread to share as gifts for their friends. Make a hole in the top of each before baking, so they can serve as decorations too.
Benefits: Spelt is an ancient variety of wheat, providing several essential nutrients, such as iron, magnesium, and zinc. Ginger has anti-spasmodic properties to soothe the stomach and has been reported to improve upper gastrointestinal symptoms, such as indigestion.

Ingredients:
300 g spelt flour/ plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
125 g butter
100 g coconut sugar/ soft light brown sugar
3 tbsp maple syrup/ golden syrup
Method:
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Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas 4 and line 2 baking sheets with baking paper.
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In a large bowl combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda spices.
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Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan over a low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.
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Add wet to the dry ingredients and stir in until it forms a dough.
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Roll out onto a floured surface to approx 5mm thick, then get busy with cookie cutters if you have them, or a small glass will do.
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Transfer carefully to lined trays, leaving a 2cm gap between each.
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Bake the gingerbread in the oven for about 12 minutes, or until lightly golden and the sweet-spicy aromas fill the kitchen.
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Leave to cool on the sheet for a few minutes, then move to a wire rack.