Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

400g plain flour
100g brown sugar
100g maple syrup
120g vegan butter
1 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp treacle

White icing
100g icing sugar
1.5 tbsp lemon warm water
1 tsp vanilla

Red icing
Add 1 tsp beet juice

Method

Preheat the oven to 180•C

In a large bowl or mixer combine all the ingredients.

Place on a cover tightly and let refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Remove and flour a clean surface.

Knead and roll out into a thin biscuit approx. .5 cm

Cut using whatever shapes you want.

Bake on a tray for 10 minutes.

Pierce a hole in each biscuit.

Let cool fully before icing.

Decorate as you like (I used the icing recipe below)