Gingerbread People

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 0.8 cup t brown sugar dark packed
• 1 large eggs 
• 2.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.3 cup golden syrup (such as Lyle's Golden Syrup)
• 0.3 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger 
• 2 teaspoons milk 2% reduced-fat
• 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses 
• 0.5 cup powdered sugar 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• baking paper
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• wire rack
• blender
• plastic wrap
• ziploc bags
• measuring cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
3. Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, stirring mixture well with a whisk.
4. Place brown sugar and butter in a bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
5. Add cane syrup, molasses, and egg; beat 1 minute or until well combined.
6. Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed 1 minute or until just combined. Gently press mixture into a disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.
7. Divide dough in half.
8. Roll each dough portion to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut with 5-inch cutters to form 26 cookies. (Reroll scraps, as necessary.)
9. Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
10. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
11. Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes.
12. Remove cookies from baking sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.
13. To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar and milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Spoon icing into a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole off one corner of the bag. Pipe icing onto cookies as desired.