Gingerbread Biscuits

Name: Gingerbread Biscuits
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 50 g (2 oz) unsalted butter; 100 g (4 oz) golden syrup; 100 g (4 oz) soft brown sugar; 1 tablespoon evaporated milk; 225 g (8 oz) plain flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda; 1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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By Gary Rhodes

Published 1995

About

These biscuits taste delicious if you add some chopped pecan nuts or dates – or both· If you are using dates or nuts, simply stir them in with the evaporated milk.

Ingredients

225 g (8 oz) plain flour
¼ teaspoon salt

Cookies
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180–200°C/350-400°F/gas 4–6 and grease two baking sheets.

Sift together the flour, salt, soda and spices. Heat the butter, sugar and syrup until dissolved. Leave to cool. Once cooled, mix into the dry ingredients with the evaporated milk to make a dough. Ch