Gingerbread Men
A gingerbread man is great for packed lunches on a day out and the kids will love them!
Ingredients
- 350g plain flour
- 2 tsp ginger, ground
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 100g butter
- 175g soft light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp golden syrup
Method
- Preheat oven 190'C/Gas mark 5
- Put the flour, ginger and soda into a bowl and rub in the butter
- Add sugar and stir in the syrup and egg to make a firm dough
- Roll out to about 5mm thick and cut out your gingerbread men (You can always use different shaped cutters if you do not have a gingerbread man one)
- Cover the bottom of the baking tray with grease proof paper and spread the buscuits out evenly.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown
- Leave to firm up for a couple of minutes before placing on a wire rack to cook
- Once cooled, decorate with icing
- Makes approximately 20 biscuits