Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.3 of 8 - Gingerbread Decorations

Christmas recipe makes: 2 dozen Calories per biscuit: 125 Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Suitable for freezing at end of step 5. Christmas recipe ingredients: * flour, plain white 350 g (12 oz) * bicarbonate of soda, 5 ml (1 tsp) * ginger, ground 30 ml (2 tbsp) * cinnamon, ground 15 ml (1 tbsp) * cloves, ground 2.5 ml (0.5 tsp) * butter, 125 g (4 oz) * sugar, soft light brown 175 g (6 oz) * golden syrup 60 ml (4 tbsp) * egg, 1 icing: * egg white, 1 * icing sugar, sifted * food coloring Christmas recipe instructions: 1. Blend the butter with a mixture of the spices, bicarbonate of soda and flour. Do this until it is breadcrumb like and then mix in the sugar. 2. Beat an egg into slightly warmed syrup and pour into the mixture from step 1, mixing till it becomes a soft dough. Then knead until smooth. 3. Make a 5mm (