Editing Gingerbread man (section)

==History==
[[File:Gingy Cookie.jpg|thumb|A gingerbread man, with icing decoration]]
[[File:Gingerbread Cookies on Table.jpg|thumb|Freshly baked gingerbread people with a variety of decorations]]
Gingerbread dates from the 15th century and figurative biscuit-making was practised in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles|first1=Linda|last1=Campbell Franklin|edition=4th|publisher= Books Americana|location=New York|year=1998|page=183}}</ref> The first documented instance of figure-shaped gingerbread biscuits was at the court of [[Elizabeth I of England]]. She had the gingerbread figures made and presented in the likeness of some of her important guests, who brought the human shape of the gingerbread cookies.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fergusonplarre.com.au/History/Gingerbread-Men.html|title=A History of Gingerbread Men|publisher=Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses|access-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807113922/http://www.fergusonplarre.com.au/History/Gingerbread-Men.html|archive-date=7 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Lach|first1=Donald F. |author-link=Donald F. Lach|year=2010|title=Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II: A Century of Wonder. Book 3: The Scholarly Disciplines|page=442|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}</ref>