Hallowe’en Gingerbread Mummies and Skeletons from Real Food Kids Will Love: Over 100 simple and delicious recipes for toddlers and up by Annabel Karmel

Ingredients

• ½ tsp ground allspice
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp ground cinnamo
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 100 g/3½ oz soft dark brown sugar
• 300 g/11 oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 140 g/4¾ oz chilled unsalted butter, diced
• 50 g/2 oz golden syrup
• 50 g/2 oz black treacle
• icing sugar, for dusting
• ½ tsp fine salt
• white icing pen
• 300 g/11 oz ready-made white fondant icing
• 200 g/7 oz icing sugar
• edible eyes