Gingerbread Men (and Women)

Ingredients

• Melted butter, to grease
• 125g butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup, firmly packed, brown sugar
• ½ cup golden syrup
• 1 egg, separated
• 2½ cups plain flour
• 1 tbs ground ginger
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• Plain flour, to dust
• 150g (1 cup) pure icing sugar, sifted
• Food colouring
• Smarties, coconut, whatever you have in the cupboard - to decorate