Preheat oven to 180°C and grease two cookie sheets.
Cream butter and sugar until well combined.
Add egg and beat well.
Add dry ingredients, vanilla and golden syrup and mix until all ingredients come together to form a dough. It will be a bit crumbly, this is fine.
Roll out dough between two sheets of baking paper to ½ cm thick.
Cut out cookies. Place on prepared baking sheet.
Use a straw to make circles at the top of each cookie.
Bake for 10 minutes. Start 10min timer
Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Uncooked cookie dough will keep in the freezer or fridge until you need to use it again. Bring it up to room temperature before rolling it out.
Decorate the cookies as you wish. String ribbon through each hole and hang on your Christmas tree.