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90 Caard Lad Er %u2018YltonsPreparation time:20 minutes plus cewelenCewken time:15 minutesMacks: 20IngredientsFer the biscuits:350g plain flour1 tsp bicarbonate of soda2 tsp ground ginger1 tsp ground cinnamon125g butter125g light soft brown sugar1 egg4 tbsp golden syrupFer the icenen:100g icenen sugarlemon juiceSmarties%u2018Alloween %u2018as come ter be dominated by American culture in recent years. Yer mar isn%u2019t benden sivven spoons %u2018ollyen out a narky any mare. It%u2019s arl pumpkins and that nowadays. Let%u2019s change that. Mack the evenen git loacal wir this biscuit celebrayten Sunlun%u2019s moast famous ghoast.Waat ter dee1. Sift the flour, ginger, bicaarbonate er soda an cinnamon inter a bowl. Add the butter an rub wir yer fingers till the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Then stir in the sugar to combine.2. Beat the egg an goalden syrup tergether an add ter the mixture, mixen till it forms a dough. Tack the dough out er the bowal, kneed it a bit till it is smooth, then wrap it in cling fillem an purrit in the fridge fer 15 minutes.3. Pre %u2018eat the oven ter 180%u00b0C/160%u00b0C fan oven. Put bayken payper on two bayken trays.4. Lightly flour a kitchen worktop then rowal the dough out usen a rowallen pin till it%u2019s arund %u2018aarf a centimetre in thickness. 5. Now it%u2019s ready ter cut. The type er cutter yer %u2018av %u2018ere is important - if the arms are too close ter the body (and moast are) then the winnet be enough room fer the pewer Caard Lad ter %u2018old %u2018es arn %u2018eed (Then what%u2019s %u2018e ganner dee, eh?!). If yer dinnet %u2018av an approapriate cutter then cut one out er a cereal packet. Press the cutter down or use a knife ter trace rund yer templayte ter cut out the shape. Then chop the %u2018eed off an attach it ter one er the %u2018ands so it looks like %u2018e%u2019s gorra grip of it by the hair. Repeat ter use up yer mixture, re-rowallen it if the isn%u2019t enough flat mixture ter cut the shape out of.6. Place on the Caard Lads on the bayken trays. Bayke in the oven fer 12-15 minutes till the goalden brown. Let them cewel fer 10 minutes, then put them on a cewelen rack and leave them till completely ceweled. 7. Ter mack the icenen, mix the icenen sugar wir the lemon juice. Purrit in a sandwich bag, cur off the corner ter mack a smarl hoale and pipe the icenen out ter draar a smilen fiass on the %u2018eed. Draar two circles on the body an stick a smartie on top er each fer buttons, an ice the feet if yer not sick er yer life.