I used this recipe: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/9761/gingerbread+men It was the right amount and great tasting gingerbread. Baby Jesus is a jellybaby, the sheep are marshmallows and everthing else is made from lollies and icing sugar.
There .... demolished in less than 2 minutes!
These little gingerbread men are made from pure wool felt, though they look yummy enough to eat!
I started sewing the two pieces of felt together at the first foot, then outside of the leg, all the way around the body and finished at the bottom of the second foot. 
Then I stuffed them with wool, making sure I got the stuffing right into their hand. 
I then finished sewing up the stuffing hole 
For a long haired 16" Child Doll, like my Radiance Child pattern, you would use 2 different layers for the hair. The first layer would be shorter and would be hooked into the crochet cap of the lower part of the head. To make these first hair lengths you would wrap the yarn around the 8" wide pegs.
Then you would cut one end:
Open them out:
Double them over and hook them into the back of the head of your doll's already crocheted cap:
Once the strands have come up to about half way or more up the head, you would wrap a second batch of yarn around the outside pegs:
Cut this batch at BOTH even ends, so you have a bunch of equal 18-20" strands:
The long strands are hooked into the top and crown of the head. 
Once finished, use your fingers to comb her hair so that it falls nicely. And here is the finished product! And she is available for sale either on my website, or on from my Etsy site: 
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If you don't put a patch over the thread, you would see it under the hair, but this way, it is hidden and looks more professional;
