Baking Gingerbread Men With Your Child

When you bake this gingerbread recipe from Netmums, the smell of it wafting around your house will be just wonderful.

A gingerbread man is great for packed lunches or just as a snack. This recipe makes about 20 biscuits and it isn't just for Christmas, you can bake them all year round.

Ingredients (serves 8+)

  • 350g plain flour
  • 2 tsp ginger, ground
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 100g butter
  • 175g soft light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbsp golden syrup

Method

  1. Preheat oven 190'C/Gas mark 5
  2. Put the flour, ginger and soda into a bowl and rub in the butter
  3. Add sugar and stir in the syrup and egg to make a firm dough
  4. Roll out to about 5mm thick and cut out your gingerbread men
  5. If you don't have a gingerbread man cutter then use whatever you have - stars and hearts are just as tasty
  6. Put a sheet of baking paper on a tray and evenly space out the biscuits, bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown
  7. Leave to firm up for a couple of minutes before placing on a wire rack to cook
  8. Once cooled, decorate with icing
  9. Makes approximately 20 biscuits

Handy Tip: Refrigerate the uncooked, cut biscuit shapes on a baking tray prior to cooking. About 15 minutes in the fridge is long enough to ensure your gingerbread biscuits retain their shape during baking and don't spread out too much.