Gingerbread men!

 This week, i will show you how to make gingerbread men!

Ingredients

225g plain flour, extra for dusting

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 heaped tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp cinnamon

50g unsalted butter

100g soft brown sugar

100g golden syrup

Instructions

Step 1: Heat oven to 190C/ 170C fan/ gas 5 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Step 2: Sieve the flour, salt, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon into a large bowl. Heat the butter sugar and syrup

until dissolved. 

Step 3: Leave the sugar mixture to cool slightly, then mix into the dry ingredients to form a dough.

Step 4: Chill the dough in the fridge for 30 mins.

Step 5: On a surface lightly dusted with flour, roll out the dough to a 1/4- inch thickness.

Step 6: Stamp out the Gingerbread men shapes with a cutter, then re-roll any off-cuts and repeat.

Step 7: Place your Gingerbread men on the lined trays, allowing space for them to spread.

Step 8: Cook for 10 to 15 mins, then remove out the oven and leave to cool.

Step 9: Decorate your yummy friends.

* Credits to joyofbaking.com and bbc good food