Ingredients
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75 g Butter
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1 1/2 tbsps Soft Brown Sugar
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175 g Plain Flour
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1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
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2 tsps Ground Ginger
Directions
Add some festive family fun to your Christmas activities by baking these gingerbread biscuits that can be added to your tree!
Steps
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1
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Add butter, golden syrup and light brown sugar to a mixing bowl. Then place in the microwave and cook on MEDIUM MICROWAVE for 1 min or until melted, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. |
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2
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In another mixing bowl mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger. Make a well in the centre and pour in the melted butter mixture. |
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3
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Stir together to form a dough (it might be easiest to use your hands). |
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4
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Wrap in clingfilm and let chill for 30 minutes to firm up. |
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5
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Lay the dough between two sheets of baking parchment and press dough lightly with a rolling pin giving a quarter turn than repeat. |
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6
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Give it a final quarter turn, then start to roll backwards and forwards, giving regular quarter turns. Until dough is roughly thickness of a £1 coin. |
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7
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Using a biscuit cutter cut out the shapes using the end of a pencil push a hole in the top of the biscuit ready for threading with ribbon. |
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8
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Bake at 180°C for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly golden brown. |
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9
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Decorate and thread the string or ribbon through when completely cooled down. |
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10
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The biscuits won't be firm but will harden when left to cool outside the oven. |
