Adapted from the Good Housekeeping Cookery Book. These gingerbread men are nice and gingery and still a little bit soft. They are good dunked in Daddy's coffee... Makes 12ish.
350g plain flour
1 tsp bicab of soda
2 tsp ground ginger
100g butter
175g light soft brown sugar (or whatever, I think I used a mixture of caster and demerera last time)
4 tablespoons golden syrup
1 egg, beaten
1. Grease some baking trays (2 or 3)
2. Sift/put the flour, bicarb and ginger into the bowl. Stir in the sugar
3. Melt the butter, then add to the mixture (the original recipe says to rub the butter into the flour, then add the sugar, but this works just as well)
4. Beat the egg and golden syrup together and stir in.
5. Mix to form a dough and knead until smooth
6. Divide in two, then roll out on a floured surface to about 5mm thick. Cut out shapes using a cutter (we did dinosaurs)
7. Decorate with currants for eyes etc if you want to
8. Oven (190 degC) for 12-15 mins until golden. Cool slightly then place on a wire rack.
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