Gingerbread Reindeers

Get creative! Turn your gingerbread men upside down & make them into CHRISTMAS REINDEERS!

What you will need:

• 350g plain flour
• 1-2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 100g butter or margarine
• 175g soft light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup
• Gingerbread man cookie cutter
• White icing sugar, chocolate, red and green food colouring for decorating
• Water for icing sugar

Directions:

• Turn oven on to 190 degrees C /Gas 5.
• Put the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and rub in the butter.
• Add sugar and stir in the syrup and egg to make a firm dough.
• Roll out the dough to about 5mm thick and cut out your gingerbread men.
• Put the shapes onto greased baking trays, spacing them out as they will spread.
• Bake for 10 to 15 mins until golden brown.
• Leave to firm up for a couple of minutes on the baking tray before placing on a wire rack to cool.
• Once cooled, make up some white icing and divide into 3 bowls - leave one batch plain white, add red food colouring to the second batch and green food colouring to the third batch. Melt the chocolate.
• Turn your gingerbread men biscuits upside down to decorate and transform them into reindeers! Use the picture above as a guide.

 Article compiled by the team at Under 5s www.under5s.co.nz. Don't forget to check out our other recipe ideas!

 Source: cakecentral.com