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Many people today eat gingerbread biscuits shaped like men and women. But this isn’t a new idea. People have been making gingerbread biscuits for hundreds of years. Some say that England’s Queen Elizabeth I hired someone just to make gingerbread. This gingerbread baker would make biscuits that looked like her important visitors. There’s another story that German ruler Frederick III wanted to make people like him more. So, he gave out gingerbread biscuits shaped like himself to thousands of children.

But why are gingerbread people more common than, say, chocolate chip cookie people? The answer lies in the dough. Soft gingerbread dough is easy to form into shapes. And it maintains its shape even after it’s baked into biscuits. That’s why you can make gingerbread biscuits into stars, hearts or whatever you want!