Gingerbread Men

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 100 g brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 3 tablespoons ground ginger
• 125 ml golden syrup
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c.
• 2 beat the butter & sugar together until light and creamy.
• 3 add the egg and beat until combined.
• 4 sift dry ingredients and stir into butter mix, then add golden syrup.
• 5 mix to a light dough and knead gently onto a lightly floured surface until smooth.
• 6 roll out until approximately 1/2 cm thick - cut gingerbread men out and place on lined baking tray.
• 7 bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden. cool on tray.
• 8 combine the icing sugar and egg gradually and beat until smooth.
• 9 spoon into a piping bag and decorate as desired.