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This easy gingerbread  recipe is great for baking with children, and it makes a lovely homemade Christmas present. Make gingerbread men or any other shape!

Each serving provides 161 kcal, 2g protein, 25g carbohydrates (of which 11.5g sugars), 6g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 0.7g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Gingerbread Men

350 grams/12 ounces plain flour, plus extra for rolling out

tsp bicarbonate of soda

ginger

cinnamon

grams/4½oz butter

brown sugar

free-range egg

golden syrup

writing icing (optional)

cake decorations (optional)

Gingerbread men

Keep the kids entertained with this easy basic biscuit recipe. Let their imagination run wild with the icing, sprinkles and decorations!

Basic iced biscuits

grams/3½oz unsalted butter, softened

grams/3½oz caster sugar

egg,

tsp vanilla extract

flour

icing sugar

water

food colourings

Glacé cherries and chocolate chip buns serve with or without an iced glaze. What’s not to love?

Chocolate and cherry buns

250 milliliters/9fl oz milk

white flour

tsp mixed spice (optional)

instant yeast

75 grams/2½oz soft light brown sugar

salt

oil,

100 grams/3½oz butter, softened

milliliters/2fl oz maple syrup

tsp ground mixed spice

grams/3½oz glacé cherries, halved

grams/3½oz chocolate chips

tbsp demerara sugar

This pretty piñata cake is fantastic for a birthday or a special occasion. It's filled with jelly beans for a burst of colour when the cake is cut into, but you can use whatever sweets you like.

You will need 4 x 20cm/8in cake tins, a large piping bag fitting with a large star nozzle (to make the swirls that sit on the top) and a 8–9cm/3¼–3½in round biscuit cutter (or a small bowl to cut around).

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