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Gingerbread Men

Preparation Time : 25 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Servings: 1

Ingredients

200 g butter or margarine (at room temperature)

500 g flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp cinnamon

2 eggs

250 g molasses, honey or syrup

100 g sugar

100 g soft brown sugar

1 tsp lemon juice

250 g icing sugar

1 egg white

Melt butter in a pot.
Preheat oven to 200°C, 390°F or gas 7.
Mix flour, baking powder, ginger, cloves and cinnamon.
In a separate bowl, lightly whisk 2 eggs and combine with the molasses, sugar and brown sugar.
Gradually add the mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Form a dough with your hands, roll out and cut with a gingerbread cutter.
Bake at 200°C for around 8 min until brown. Keep an eye on them, checking their colour.
Combine the lemon juice and icing sugar with the egg white and use to decorate the men.