these gingerbread men cookies will also look great on your festive tables, as an accompaniment to a cup of tea or coffee! To begin, combine butter and sugar. Add egg. Add flour, salt, cinnamon and ...

These gingerbread cookies are shaped like gift tags ... them using patterned or letter plunger cutters. Put both types of sugar, the golden syrup and the butter in a heavy-based saucepan.

Defrost, roll and bake! The baked gingerbread men can also be frozen before icing. You can make a pipeable icing by mixing together 100g/3½oz sifted icing sugar with 4 teaspoons lemon juice.