Gingerbread People

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces margarine
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 1/2 tablespoons golden syrup

Recipe

• 1 cream together the maragine and brown sugar, and beat in the egg yolk, mixing well.
• 2 sift the flour, baking soda and ginger and gradually blend into the creamed mixture, along with the golden syrup.
• 3 knead lightly to form a soft dough.
• 4 divide the dough into small portions.
• 5 roll out each portion of dough into a thickness of 1/4 inch between two sheet of greaseproof paper.
• 6 cut into shaps using cutters.
• 7 place on lightly greased oven trays. bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
• 8 cool on trays. decorate with icing, if desired.