Easy Gingerbread Men Recipe

Gingerbread biscuits / cookies - Easy and fun to make with children!

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   1. Cream together the butter, syrup and sugar and add the egg.
   2. Mix in the flour, ground ginger and bicarbonate with your hands kneading together to make a dough.
   
   3. Preheat the oven to 180C.
   
   4. Get a board (for each person working with the dough) and lightly cover the surface with flour.
   
   5. Roll out the dough to about 1/2 cm thick and use cutters to make the shape of the gingerbread men (or whatever shapes you have!)
   
   6. Place the cut out pastry on a tray lined with baking parchment.
   
   6. Bake for 10-15 minutes.
   
   7. Decorate with raisins, chocolate chips and edible silver balls.