Gingerbread Men/Shapes & Royal Icing

Gingerbread Man/ Shapes

Ingredients:

• 100 gms Butter
• 80 gms Sugar
• 300 gms Flour
• 1/2 tssp Baking Soda
• 2 tssp Ground Ginger
• 4 tbsp Golden Syrup

Directions:

1. Beat egg & butter until fluffy.
2. Sift dry ingredients together (Flour, Baking Soda, Ground Ginger).
3. Add dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and stir until crumbly.
4. Add golden syrup. Stir well.
5. Knead until you have a ball of dough.
6. Chill for 15 minutes.
7. Heat oven to 180 degree Celcius.
8. Roll out and cut into desired shape. I dont have a gud gingerbread men cutter so I used the tree and stars instead.
   
9. Place onto greased tray and baket for approx 10 minutes.
10. Once baked, leave on the tray to cool for a few minutes and then lift off.
11. You can then ice your gingerbread however way you like. I iced mine with royal icing and decorated with silver balls and some sugar deco.

Royal Icing

Ingredients:

• 200gms Icing Sugar
• 1 Egg White

Directions:
Mix icing sugar and egg white until smooth.

• For softer icing, add extra egg white. For stiffer icing, add extra icing sugar. I added a bit more icing sugar for the gingerbread shapes.
• You can add a drop of food colouring if you want to. I added a tiny tiny drop of red. Remember a little goes a long long way.