This is a quick and simple Gingerbread Man cookie recipe that will delight any child.  Get as creative as you want to be when it comes to decorating them.

TIME:

15 minutes to prepare

COOK:

Takes approx 10-15 minutes

SERVES:

20 hungry mouths

INGREDIENTS:

• 350g Plain Flour
• 1 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 tsp Bicarbonate Soda
• 2 tsp Ground Ginger
• 175 Brown Sugar
• 100g Butter
• 4 tbs Golden Syrup
• 1 beaten egg
• currants, smarties, icing, sprinkles - whatever you want to decorate your gingerbread men with

METHOD:

Sift the plain flour

Mix the bicarbonate of soda and the ground ginger together and add them to the flour.

Rub in the butter/margarine.

Then add the brown sugar, the Golden Syrup and the egg (beaten).  Mix to form a soft dough. 

Roll out to abou 5mm thick and then cut out the gingerbread men with gingerbread cutters - these are wildly available.

Place gingerbread men on a greased baking sheet and bake at Fan 180ºC/Gas Mark 5 for 10-12mins.

Leave to cool.

Now here comes the extra fun bit!

Once cool, get the kids to decorate the gingerbread men using tubes of ready made icing, smarties, sprinkles, whatever you all choose!  Just get creative and have some fun!