Name: Ginger Biscuits
Yield: Makes about 48 biscuits
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 egg white; 1 whole egg, lightly whisked; ¾ cup (130 g) chopped crystallized ginger; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ½ cup (115 g) coarse sugar; 1½ teaspoons ground ginger; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅔ cup (160 ml) canola oil; 2½ cups (310 g) flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; ⅓ cup (115 g) dark molasses (black treacle); 1 cup (210 g) firmly packed light brown sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
48
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

By Downton Abbey

Published 2020

About

Also known as ginger nuts, these hard spiced biscuits (aka cookies) have been popular in Britain since the 1840s. Although similarly spiced, they are quite different from gingerbread, which is thicker and has a softer, breadlike texture. These no-frill sweets emerge from the oven quite soft but harden on cooling, making them perfect for dunking into a hot cup of afternoon tea.