Twas a blistering cold Christmas Eve
With nary a peep in sight
Shimmering snowflakes sprinkled down
Like powdery sugar shaken atop a cake

Christmas trees adorned in their finest ornaments
Glittering and sparkling as they swayed in the wind
Gingerbread families huddled in their homes for warmth
With a warm cup of cocoa and marshmallows in hand

Oh what glee! To decorate a Christmas tree...

We're waiting for Santa to come!

Gingerbread children eagerly waiting
For the jingling bells of the reindeer dash
Their ears perked up for a ‘ho ho ho’
While sleepy eyes dream of pressies to be had

I'm so excited I can't sleep!

Midnight strikes and Santa makes his rounds
With a large bottomless sack in hand
In and out of homes he dashes not making a sound
Not even while down the chimney he falls

What? No pressie for Mr. Frosty?

Filling trees with exciting presents
Enjoying his warm milk and cookie treat
To fuel up for his next ride
And then on to the next gingerbread kid in need

"Midnight strikes and Santa makes his rounds "

Gingerbread Men

350g flour
125g brown sugar
100g butter
1 egg
4 Tbs golden syrup
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground ginger
1tsp allspice

Little gingerbread men waiting for their personalities

Mix the flour, butter, ground ginger, and baking soda in a bowl until crumbly. Add sugar, syrup and egg and mix well until it forms a firm pastry. Roll out the pastry and cut out the ginger bread men with a cookie cutter.
Preheat the oven at 180C. Place the cut outs on a greased tray and bake for 10-15mins. Once done let them cool and play around with icing them.

Snowman

3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1 cup grated coconut
1 marshmallow
1 biscuit
Chocolate chips for décor

This snowman is fabulous!

Toast the marshmallow just till it blackens and stick it on top of a biscuit to form a hat. Roll the scoops of ice cream in coconut and place them on top of eachother to form a snowman. Top it off with the hat and use the chocolate chips to decorate.

Sugar Cookies

2 sticks unsalted butter
1 2/3 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
3 2/3 cups flour

Fun to make and even more fun to eat!

Cream butter and sugar in bowl of an electric mixer and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla, baking powder and salt and beat at medium speed until mixed. Add eggs; beat until blended. Add flour and mix at low speed until combined, scraping down bowl once or twice.
Divide dough in half. Using hands, shape dough into discs, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.
Preheat oven to 175C. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment.
Remove 1 disc of dough from refrigerator. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut cookies into ay shapes you’d like. Bake cookies 12 to 15 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before you start to decorate them.