Gingernut Biscuits


GINGERNUT BISCUITS

Makes about 30 biscuits

 

Ingredients:

2 cups cake flour

1 cup soft brown sugar

½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground ginger

125g softened butter

1 egg

3 teaspoons golden syrup

 

Method:

Preheat the oven to 170C.

Melt the butter, and mix in the beaten egg and golden syrup. (margarine can be used instead of the butter, but they do lose some of the melt in the mouth quality).

Mix together the dry ingredients, and then add the butter/egg mix. Make sure these mix thoroughly, it should be a firm dough consistency

Shape the resulting dough into small balls roughly 2cm across.

Place WELL APPART on a thoroughly greased tray and bake for 20-25 minutes.

Loosen the biscuits gently and leave to cool completely on the tray.

 

 

 

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Posted on 06/04/2013, in Biscuits and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

  1. Help! The first time I made these, they were brilliant. But the second and today, they didnt spread out and flatten, just stayed round and high. What did I do wrong?

  2. Can I use honey in stead of golden syrup

  3. Fatima Karodia

    I love all the recipes from your blog

  4. Is there no baking powder in this recipe?

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