Gingerbread Teddy Bear Cookies

Ingredients

• butter or margarine
  1 cup
• packed brown sugar
  ⅔ cup
• dark or light corn syrup
  ⅔ cup
• all-purpose flour
  4 cup
• ground cinnamon
  1½ tsp
• ground ginger
  1 tsp
• baking soda
  ¾ tsp
• ground cloves
  ½ tsp
• each beaten egg
  1 unit
• vanilla
  1½ tsp
• miniature chocolate pieces
  1 unit
• Royal Icing for decorating
  1 unit