Makes about 6 people or 15 small biscuits
Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Sieve the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl.
Heat the margarine or butter and golden syrup together in a saucepan over a very low heat until the butter has melted.
Remove the pan from the heat and leave the mixture to cool slightly, then pour it onto the dry ingredients.
Add the egg and orange rind and mix thoroughly to a dough.
Either roll out the dough to about ½ cm thick and cut out the people, decorate with dried fruit such as currants for faces, buttons etc. OR Roll into small balls, place on the baking sheet and flatten with your fingers.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160 ºC / 325 ºF Gas mark 3 for 15-20 minutes. Then carefully transfer biscuits onto a wire rack to cool.