Snowmen Gingerbreads

A Christmassy twist on the classic Gingerbread man.

Makes around 8 Gingerbread men sized biscuits.

For this recipe you will need.

Gingerbread
175g/6oz Plain flour
1.5ml/1/4tsp Bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt
10ml/2tsp Ground ginger
60g/4Tbsp Unsalted butter or margerine
75g/3oz Caster sugar
30ml/2Tbsp Golden syrup
1 egg yolk

Decorating
Fondant roll out icing white and coloured
Icing sugar (for rolling out the fondant and producing water icing glue)

Method
1,Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and spices and spices.
2.Rub in the butter/Margerine until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
3.Add the sugar, egg yolk and syrup and mix until it turns in to a firm dough.
4.Knead lightly.
5.Chill for 30 minutes.
6.Preheat oven to 180 deg C/Gas 4.
7.Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
8.Roll out to a thickness of about 4mm on a floured surface and cut in to shape.
9.Transfer to baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, until golden.
10.Leave to cool on the tray for a few minutes the transfer to a wire cooling rack to completely cool.
11.Roll out the fondant and cut out with the same cutter as you used for the biscuits and glue to the fondant to the biscuit with a little water icing, just enough so that the fondant sticks.
12.Use your imagination to decorate your snowmen or what ever shape you have to baked.

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