My favourite gingerbread recipe

This is the best gingerbread recipe that I have come across to date. It is a lovely Christmas tradition to make these with my son (although he mostly eats the dough).

Ingredients

150 ml golden syrup

450 ml sugar

2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 teaspoon dried ginger

2 teaspoon cloves

1 tablespoon bitter orange peel ( might be tricky to get hold of so just leave it out if you can't get it)

2 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda

300 g butter

3 eggs

1 l plain flour

Instructions

In a saucepan bring syrup, sugar and the spices to the boiling point while stirring. Just before it boils add the soda. Pour it up when it turns white and starts to rise. Let the mixture cool down and add egg, melted butter and sieved flour. Keep refrigerated over night. Following day roll out the dough thinly and cut out shapes with your best cookie cutters, bake until golden brown in 175 - 200 degrees.

I would start with making perhaps a third of the recipe as it makes a massive  amounts of gingerbreads. I made these for my son's preschool class' Christmas party and they were really popular, before bringing them to the party I put a simple icing on top ( icing sugar and water) and decorated with some cute snow flakes and Christmas trees I had found in a shop