Discover the classic gingerbread cookies recipe that's perfect for the holidays ... It’s also fun to decorate the cookies with colorful icing or use fun shapes of cookie cutters together ...

this gingerbread cookie is the one for you. Buttery, sweet and perfectly crisp, these cookies can be made ahead, given beautiful shapes and later decorated with icing of your choice.

Nothing says "Christmas" quite like gingerbread cookies. This incredibly delicious and classic recipe uses butter instead ... so feel free to be generous with your icing decorations.

Use a people shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes ... Once cooked and golden take out of the oven. Leave the gingerbread friends to cool completely before icing. Now you can decorate!