ONE day LEFT till it’s OFFICIALLY Christmas!!! I am so thrilled 
it’s been a bit of a wait hehe I’d like to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS with their significant other, family and friends!!!
I wanted to share with you, my very first recipe post – “Gingerbread Men” it’s the very first time I’ve made them…I’m not really a fan of gingerbread men so I was a little worried that they wouldn’t turn out the way I wanted them to…but thanks to the Baking Addict’s wonderful recipe and Sasa’s (my bestfriend) help the cookies turned out perfectly!!
My ugly gingerbread men hahaha
Even though they look and taste perfect, I’ve gotta work on my decorating skills hahaha i didn’t seem to be able to draw the facial features properly grrrr so i ended up wrapping them up without any decorations and gave it to my family as a Xmas gift ~ they didn’t seem to mind that some were so ugly family love is so forgiving
Recipe: Gingerbread Men
Adapted from The Baking Addict
Makes: Approximately 24 gingerbread men (depending on the size of the cookie cutter)
125g Unsalted Butter (softened)
110 Dark Brown Sugar
2.5 Cups Plain flour (sifted)
1 Egg yolk
1 tsb Bi-carb Soda
4 tsp Ground Ginger
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Nutmeg
270ml Golden Syrup
(Note: Baking Addicts recipe asks for 2 tsp of mixed spice, I didn’t have any at home so I just used what I had
- Preheat oven to 160C/320F
- Beat butter, sugar and egg yolk in a bowl until smooth
- Stir in the remaining ingredients until mixed properly
- You may need to add a little more golden syrup if the mixture is crumbly or too dry
- Knead the dough on a floured surface and roll it out to approximately 5mm in thickness.
- Cut shapes using cookie cutters (or templates for the gingerbread house)
- Place on a baking tray and bake for approximately 12-15 minutes until they are brown (a little hard to tell because the doughs a brown colour)
- Cool on a rack until cookies harden
- Decorate the cookies anyway you want
Please visit the Baking Addict’s blog at http://themorethanoccasionalbaker.blogspot.com for more recipes and baking tips! She’s my number one supporter and I’d like to say a HUGE thank you to the Baking Addict for all the encouragement!
What do you have planned for Christmas? Family gatherings or spending time with friends? Would love to know how everyone else is celebrating this special day ~ Mr Bao and I have a tradition, where we spend Christmas eve together without any family or friends and have a nice dinner for two 
Have a wonderful day!!
PS. I promise this is the last time you will see blurry, low quality and unprofessional photos on this blog because as an early Xmas pressie to myself, I finally got a new camera the Olympus EPL3 YAY!!!
Source: Olympus
Tagged: Biscuits, Christmas, Cookies, Gingerbread men, Recipe
These are adorable!!!!!! Merry Xmas.
Thank you
They’re not as pretty as I would’ve liked the to turn out hehe but thanks anyway!! Merry Xmas hope you have a wonderful day~
They look too cute to eat!! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Jenny
Thanks for coming by my blog! Have a great day!
Your gingerbread men look wonderful — I’m sure they taste fantastic too! Yay for your early Christmas gift!! Have fun with it.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
Thank you very much Faith!! Merry Christmas and I hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you!
With the release of your book YAY!
Merry Christmas Daisy! Your gingerbread men are too cute!
Merry Christmas Lorraine
hahaha they’re small and cute but not that pretty hehe but doesn’t matter it was my first attempt ~
Hope you have a great day with Mr NQN and your family!
Thanks for the mention. So pleased the recipe worked for you. Your gingerbreadmen are adorable!! I like the decorations – I’m really bad at them myself! Love your new camera
So jealous. Christmas was a bit quiet this year but good fun. Lots of food, fun and laughter 
Oh thank you very much! Happy New Year to you as well! Congrats on your first recipe, the gingerbread men turned out great and I love the way you wrapped them up in cellophane – so cute!
Thanks for coming by my blog
Yeah i know first recipe, one of my new year resolution is to post more recipes, but because I’m overseas right now it’s a little hard hehe
Hope you had a wonderful New Years eve and a even better year ahead of you!
All the best!
Sooo adorable – love these and I can’t believe how perfect they look
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you for dropping by my blog
I didn’t have my new camera then hehe the photos aren’t my best but thanks ~ My boyfriend and family seemed to liked it ~