Gingerbread Men

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup raw sugar
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsps finely chopped fresh ginger
• 125g butter
• 1 small egg
• 1 tsp golden syrup

Method

1. Sift flour.
2. Add cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda.
3. Rub in butter.
4. Mix in sugar.
5. Add beaten egg and golden syrup.
6. Roll dough onto a floured board and cut out men.
7. Decorate men. I use currants (for eyes, nose and buttons) and citrus rind (for the mouth).
8. Bake at 180oC for fifteen to twenty minutes.
9. Cool on the trays.

Notes

• Makes 24 gingerbread men.