If you want something a bit different, add both cocoa powder and melted bittersweet chocolate to the gingerbread dough. Or else try making sandwich cookies with a creamy mascarpone filling.

Line two baking trays with baking paper. Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray ...

Gingerbread is ... with flour and roll the dough out with a floured rolling pin until 5mm/¼in thick (as you want the biscuits to only rise slightly when cooking and be nice and crisp when cooked).

Fold together flour, ginger powder and baking soda. 2. Allow the dough to rest in a chiller for around 10 to 12 hours. 3. Once chilled, take it out and cut into desired shapes. Bake them at 180C ...