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Gingerbread People (or Biscuits)

Makes: About 10 men or large biscuits

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Baking time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500g Self-Raising Flour
  • Large pinch of Salt
  • 100g Margarine
  • 200g Caster Sugar (normal sugar will do)
  • 30ml Ground Ginger
  • 90ml Golden Syrup
  • 120ml Milk
  • Currants*
  • Glace Cherries*

* not needed for biscuits

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F (160°C) – Gas Mark 3.
  2. Sieve flour, salt and ginger together.
  3. Warm syrup, fat and sugar together and add to the dry ingredients.
  4. Add milk and mix to a firm consistency.
  5. Roll out and cut out shapes, placing on a greased baking tray when done.
  6. If doing gingerbread people, mark the eyes with currants and put some down the body. Use a piece of glace cherry for the mouth.
  7. Bake for 10-15 minutes in the oven.
  8. Ease from baking trays when mixture is cool enough to handle.

NOTE: Biscuits made with syrup in are often soft after baking but will become crisp on cooling.