Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C(fan)/350°F/Gas 4.
Beat together 100 g Light brown sugar and 125 g Butter until smooth.
Add 1 Egg and 0.5 teaspoon Vanilla extract and mix. Sieve in 300 g Plain flour and 2 teaspoon Baking powder and add 2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon and 0.5 teaspoon Ground ginger.
Mix together to form a ball of dough.
Transfer to a floured surface and roll out to about 0.5cm/0.25 inch thick.
Cut into shapes and put on a lined baking tray.
Cook for 12-15 minutes. Cool on a baking tray and decorate as you like.
Notes
Although it might be tempting to eat these straight from the oven, let them cool first because they will still be very soft when they come out. They will harden as they cool.
Take these biscuits to the next level by making some orange icing. Mix a little fresh orange juice in to icing sugar and stir until the right consistency and drizzle over the biscuits. You could even put some cinnamon in them for a cinnamon orange icing. YUM!
We used cinnamon and ground ginger in these biscuits, but feel free to change the amounts depending on which one you prefer. You could also use nutmeg.
Make these biscuits a little more indulgent by dipping half of each biscuit in to some dark chocolate.