1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius (35 degrees Fahrenheit) 

2. Sift the flour into a bowl. Then add the baking powder, ginger and cinnamon  

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3. Add the mixture to a food mixing bowl, followed by the butter. Mix together until the mixture looks like bread crumbs 

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4. Add in the light brown sugar and continue mixing for a few minutes.

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5. Meanwhile in a separate bowl crack one egg and add the golden syrup, then lighlty beat the mixture.

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5. Add the beaten egg mixture to the food mixing bowl. Continue to mix until a dough is formed 

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7. Place the dough on a dusted surface and knead together until smooth 

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8. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and then leave in fridge to cool for 15 minutes 

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9. Roll out the dough on a lightly dusted surface (thickness of dough ~ 0.4 cm)

10.  Using a Christmas tree cutter, cut out christmas tree shapes and place them on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper

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11. Place 5-6  biscuits in the oven at a time for 12 minutes or until lightly browned

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12. Leave to biscuits to cool for 10 minutes on the baking tray, before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature 

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13. Repeat steps 11-12 for the remaining batches of biscuits 

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14. Decorate the biscuits using green icing , silver balls, edible snowflakes and stars. 

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15. To finish lightly dust the biscuits with some icing sugar. 

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Chilli Chocolate Cupcakes