Gingerbread Men

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 125 g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup golden syrup
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• food coloring

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in golden syrup and egg yolk.
• 3 stir in sifted dry ingredients in 2 batches.
• 4 press mixture into a ball, knead on lightly floured surface until smooth, cover and put in fridge for 30 minutes.
• 5 roll dough between 2 pieces of greaseproof paper until 4mm thickness.
• 6 cut shapes you desire and place on lightly greased oven trays 3cm apart (they spread when cooking).
• 7 bake in moderately hot oven about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and firm, cool on trays.
• 8 royal icing:.
• 9 whisk egg with a fork, gradually whisk in sifted icing sugar, about 1 tbsp at a time.
• 10 colour as desired and decorate.