appetite magazine
Gingerbread biscuits
 
 
Ingredients
  • 225g plain flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 100g soft brown sugar
  • 100g golden syrup
  • royal icing sugar + water
Method
  1. Heat oven to 190C/Gas 5.
  2. Line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
  3. Sieve flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl.
  4. Heat butter, sugar and syrup in a pan over a medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
  5. Allow to cool slightly and mix into dry ingredients, using a spoon then your hands to form a dough.
  6. Chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
  7. Lightly dust a surface with flour, roll out dough to a ½cm thickness.
  8. Stamp out shapes with a cutter. Place shapes on lined baking trays, allowing space to spread.
  9. Cook for 10-15 mins until golden, remove from oven and cool.
  10. Make royal icing with water according to pack instructions, fill a piping bag fitted with a narrow nozzle (or a disposable piping bag, snipping off the end) and pipe patterns.
  11. When icing is set, place in bags tied with ribbon.
Recipe by appetite magazine at https://www.appetitemag.co.uk/gingerbread-biscuits/