easy gingerbread cookies recipe

preparation time:50minutes   cooking time:15minutes    makes:about24
INGREDIENTS:
-melted butter or oil for greasing
-50ml golden syrup
-5 tablespoons butter
-46 1/4ml soft brown sugar
-1egg
-250 self-raising flour
-1teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
-3teaspoons ground ginger
-2teaspoons currants

ICING INGREDIENTS:
-375ml icing sugar
-2teaspoons butter, melted
-1-2 tablespoons water
-diffrent food colourings
-lollies to decorate

UTENSILS:
-oven trays
-jug
-small pan
-measuring cups&spoons
-3mixing bowls
-electric mixer
-kitchen paper
-rolling pin
-gingerbread cutter
-egg slice
-strainer or fine sieve
-oven mitts
-wooden spoon

HOW TO MAKE:
*put out everything you need for this recipe on the kitchen bench or table. turn oven on to moderate 180'C. grease oven trays with melted butter or oil.

1) put syrup in jug and stand in pan of hot tapwater until syrup is warm and soft.
2) put butter&sugar in one of thr mixing bowls and mix with mixer or spoon until creamy.
3) lightly beat egg. stir it into butter and sugar mixture.
4) in another mixing bowl, sift flours, soda and ginger. slowly add flour mixture & syrup to butter and sugar, mixing well.
5) take mixture out of bowl and place on counter knead lightli. roll out with a rolling pin to 5mm thick.
6) using gingerbread or animal shaped cutters, cut out cookies. carefully lift onto greased baking trays with an egg slice. plance currants into cookies for eyes.
7) put trays in oven and cook for 15mins. tun off oven, take out trays and leave to cool for 15 mins.
8) to make icing : mix icing sugar, butter and water in small bowl. divide mixture into several small bowls. colour each icing mixture diffrently. pipe or drizzle icings to decorate cookies. use icing to glue lollies for decoration. ice 1 cookie at a time, as the icing sets quickly.
FINISH!