Halloween Half Term Gingerbread Horrors!

It's autumn and everyone has the flu bug...

Even this gingerbread skeleton went to the doctors - because he was feeling crumby!

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It's half term and Halloween on Monday so somehow I had to keep the kids entertained! Gingerbread is fab for this as they can help with making the dough and the decorating part (and the eating part of course...)

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Ingredients:

350g Plain Flour

175g Light Brown Sugar

100g Butter

1 Egg

4 tbsp Golden Syrup

1 tsp Bicarbonate Soda

1 tsp Ground Ginger

1 tsp Cinnamon

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Method:

Mix the flour, ginger, cinnamon and bicarb of soda in a bowl.

Cut the butter up into small pieces and add in slowly, rubbing in with the flour. This should make a bread crumb consistency.

Add the syrup and egg into the mix.

Then add your sugar.

Knead the mixture until it forms a dough.

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On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry out. Don't roll it too thin! About half a cm thick will do.

Cut out your shapes with cutters. - If you don't have any, dont worry!

Draw a template on paper, cut it out, place it over your dough, and use a sharp knife to cut around it. (Parents must do this for small children)

Place your shapes on a lined baking tray.

Bake for 10 minutes if you like them slightly soft and chewy, or 15 minutes if you like them crunchy!

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Then comes the fun part.. decorate!

Make up some icing (icing sugar, dash of milk, water) until the right consistency is formed.

Use this to stick your decorations on!

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You can use anything from sugar strands, to chocolate drops, to raisins, to smarties!

HAVE FUN AND GET  CREATIVE!