Preparation Time
20 mins
Serves
10 cookies
Ingredients
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350g plain flour
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2tsp ground ginger
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1tsp cinnamon
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½tsp mixed spice
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¼tsp salt
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1tsp bicarbonate of soda
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½tsp baking powder
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175g butter
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150g light brown sugar
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4tbsp golden syrup
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For the decoration:
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Curly Wurly chocolate bars
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Glacé cherries
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M&M’s
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Black writing icing pens
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Preheat the oven to 180°C (160˚C fan). Measure the flour, spices, salt, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into a bowl.
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Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix. Lightly knead together to make a dough.
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Form the dough into 10 balls. Pinch out one end of the balls to form a point, then flatten with your hand. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until the cookies are lightly golden but still slightly soft.
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Using a skewer, make a slit on either side of the cookie heads for the antlers to slot in then leave to cool for a few minutes. Decorate each cookie with lengths of Curly Wurly for the antlers and halved glacé cherries for the nose. Take two M&M’s of the same colour for the eyes and dot with black icing for the pupils.
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