Gingerbread Men & Reindeer
25 Minutes prep, 10 Minutes cook
Serves 20
Ingredients
125g butter
100g dark brown muscovado sugar
4 tbsps golden syrup
325g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsps ground ginger
Writing icing to decorate
Method
Preheat the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°C/Gas 3. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a pan then remove from the heat.
Sieve in the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger then stir together to make a stiff dough.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thick. Cut out about 18-20 gingerbread men and bake on 2 large, lined baking trays for 10 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Decorate with icing to add eyes, nose and mouth (turn the gingerbread men upside down for the reindeer).
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