NESTLE Gingerbread Cookies

1. In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together until light and creamy.

Melt the Nestlé Aero Chocolate and use it as glue to adhere the Nestlé Smarties to the gingerbread cookie in your desired pattern.

2. In a separate bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the vinegar.
3. To the vinegar mix, whisk in the golden syrup and Nestlé Gold Cross Sweetened Condensed Milk to create a smooth mixture.

4. In a large bowl sift together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves and then mix through the Nestlé KLIM powder.

5. Combine the butter mixture with the condensed milk mixture and mix well.
6. Add the flour mixture and mix to create a dough.
7. Mix through the crushed Nestlé Smarties.

8. Wrap the dough and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour (it can be baked directly but is easier to work with when chilled).
9. Preheat the oven to 160 °C.

10. Roll out the dough to 0.5 cm thick and cut into the desired shapes.
11. Place on a lined baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.

12. Cool completely.
13. Melt the Nestlé Aero Chocolate and use it as glue to adhere the Nestlé Smarties to the gingerbread cookie in your desired pattern.