Ninjabread Men!!

Ooooooh. Ninja cookie cutters!!

A-may-zing! Available from play.com, if you're so inclined.

And here's the best recipe I've found so far...

Ingredients:

125g unsalted butter
100g dark muscavado sugaer
4 tbsp golden syrup
325g plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
2tsp ground ginger (adjust to taste. I put in 4 for fun. These were mighty ninjas after all!)

Method:

• Preheat oven to 170oC/GM3. Line baking trays with baking parchment.
• Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly while you
• Sieve the flour, bicarb and ginger into a large bowl. 
• Stir the melted ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix to form a stiff dough.
• Lightly flour a flat, smooth surface and roll the gingerbread to about 5mm thick.
• Dip the cutters into flour before cutting into the dough.
• Arrange the shapes onto the lined baking trays, allowing a little room for spreading.
• Bake for approx 10 minutes, until light golden brown. Remove from oven, and allow to firm up on the trays for 2 or 3 minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool.
• Decorate with icing!

If you don't eat them all at once, these apparently last for up to two weeks in an airtight container.

This was my first go at rolling out a hot dough, and it was a peculiar sensation. I did find the dough became harder to work with as it cooled, so work quickly, and try not to reuse the leftovers to often, it just becomes crumbly after a while!