Ingredients:

• 300g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1tsp mixed ground spice
• 2tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 100g unsalted butter
• 100g brown sugar
• 2lrg   eggs beaten with
•  4tbsp of golden syrup

For the icing: 

• 300g icing sugar
• 3tbsp boiling water

Decorations:

• ribbon for hanging 
• cachous balls 

• cutters and baking paper 
  

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170c.     
2. Combine all the dry ingredients in the processor.
3. With the motor on add the butter and sugar,then slowly add the eggs golden syrup watching closely to see when the dough comes together you may not need all the liquid.     
4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and give a quick kneed to bring together.
5. Divide into two wrap one in clingfilm and put in the fridge.
6. Sprinkle some more flour  and roll out the rest of the dough out to about 5ml thick and cut out the shapes with your cutters.
7. Make a small hole in the top of each shape for the ribbon.
8. Line your baking trays with the paper place your cookies on top and bake at 160 for around 15 minutes check after 10.     
9. Once the cookies are baked turn them out onto a cooling rack.

Icing:

1.  Make the icing by sifting the icing sugar and mixing the boling water to the sugar till a glossy smooth paste is made.      
2.  Thread the ribbon through the holes of the cookies then ice.