Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Mix the egg with the syrup, sugar and butter. Add the vanilla.
3. In another bowl sift the flour and baking soda together.
4. Combine the two mixture into a firm dough.
5. Shape the dough into a ball and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes, then roll it out to 5mm thickness on a lightly floured surface.
6. Using Christmassy cookie cutters stamp out shapes. If you want to hang them, cut out a small hole in the top of each cookie (using a skewer or straw).
7. Reroll the leftover dough and cut out more shapes.
8. Put the cookies on a non-stick or lined baking tray and bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden.
9. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar, or decorate with icing, food coloring, chocolate/fondant pen, edible glitter & balls and so on.
10. Thread with a piece of ribbon or string when dry.