Gingerbread christmas tree

Make some gingerbread stars to hang from your Christmas tree. Heat the butter, syrup and sugar together in a small pan until melted, stirring occasionally. Mix together the gingerbread christmas tree, ginger, cinnamon and flour in a large bowl.

Pour in the buttery syrup mixture and stir to combine, then use your hands to bring together to form a dough. Add up to 1 tbsp of milk to combine if needed. The dough will be soft at this point, but it’ll firm up in the fridge. Put the dough on a sheet of baking parchment, shape into a rectangle, and lay another sheet of parchment on top of it.

Transfer to a baking sheet to keep it flat, leaving the parchment in place, then chill in the fridge for 1 hr. 5 and line a large baking sheet with more baking parchment. Remove the dough from the fridge and cut out shapes using a cookie cutter. We used 9cm stars, but you can choose any shape. We also made some with smaller stars cut out of the centre to thread ribbon through and hang from a Christmas tree.