Gingerbread men

Ingredients 

 • 125g butter 

• 1 cup sugar 

• 3 eggs 

• 1 cup milk 

• ¼ cup golden syrup 

• ½ cup hot water 

• 3 cups plain flour 

• 2 teaspoons carb soda 

• 1 dessertspoon ground ginger 

• 1 dessertspoon cinnamon 

• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves 

 Method 

Beat butter and sugar to a cream. Add eggs, and beat. Add syrup and ½ milk and beat a little, add flour and sifted spices and remainder of milk together. Dissolve the soda in hot water and add. Roll the dough and cut into shapes. Bake 1 hour in a moderate oven.