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Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

Over the summer holidays my daughter wanted to bake some biscuits. She’s going through a massive Sylvanian Families obsession at the moment. Our house looks like a toy shop as her playsets cover the floor.

For some reason I used a packet mix I picked up at Waitrose. It was one I hadn’t tried before but only needed an egg white so was easy to make with my daughter – I’ve forgotten the name but I’ll add it if I remember.

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

She made the gingerbread dough, we chilled it briefly, before rolling it out. Ages ago she received a plastic Sylvanian Families stencil and we used this to cut the biscuits out.

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

It was a little tricky and the dough was very crumbly but cut out about 6 bunnies and bears, as well as some flowers.

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

We baked them in the oven according to the instructions and left them to cool. My 5 year old loves icing pens so decorated them with simple icing.

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

The biscuits tasted delicious but were crumbly so I’m not sure I would buy the mix again. There were so many biscuits that they lasted for a few days in an air tight container.

Sylvanian Families inspired gingerbread biscuits

What do you think? Have you ever baked any themed snacks with your children? If so, I would love to hear them.

5 Comments

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    Ickle Pickles Life and Travels
    September 7, 2017 at 8:46 pm

    I have with my older children years ago. These look so cute – what a sweet theme. Kaz x

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    Jess | The Indigo Hours
    September 8, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    These are adorable! I love gingerbread anything so I doubt these would have lasted very long in my house! 🙂

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    LaaLaa
    September 9, 2017 at 7:16 am

    Aww, these are cute and well made. Sylvanian families really take me back to the 90s.

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    han
    September 9, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    mm I love gingerbread! Never tried using a packet mix but I imagine it made things a lot easier (and faster!) which is pretty important when baking with kids 😁 they turned out super great!!

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    Jenni
    September 9, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    We love baking with packet mixes, it’s so handy just to add an egg, especially on rubbish weather days. These biscuits look very cute x

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