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Spicy Gingerbread Christmas Tree

Prep Time15 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time40 mins

Ingredients:
 100g unsalted butter, grated
 200g dark brown sugar
 ½ cup honey
 ½ cup molasses
 2 eggs
 2 egg yolks
 5 cups plain flour
 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
 1 tsp baking powde
 1 tbsp ground ginger
 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
 2 tsp ground cloves
 1 tsp ground nutmeg
 1 tsp ground cardamom
 150g cream cheese
 2 tbsp icing sugar
Method:
1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine the butter, brown sugar, honey and molasses in a small saucepan over low heat and melt gently. Set aside to cool completely, then whisk in the eggs and yolks.

2

Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a bowl, then add the butter mixture and stir to combine. Knead gently, then refrigerate for 1 hour.

3

Roll out the dough to 8mm thick, then cut it into a series of star shapes in decreasing sizes. Arrange on a lined oven tray and bake for 20 minutes, until just firm to the touch. Cool on a wire rack.

4

Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth, then use to sandwich the biscuits together in a vertical stack. Refrigerate until firm.