Ginger Christmas biscuits
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Sally Abé serves up a fantastic gingerbread recipe, perhaps the quintessential Christmas biscuits. You can cut the dough into any shapes you like, be it classic gingerbread men, Christmas trees or hearts – the choice it yours.
Ingredients
- 100g of sugar
- 120g of golden syrup
- 50ml of milk
- 65g of butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 250g of plain flour
Method
1
Melt the butter with the milk, golden syrup and sugar in a saucepan then leave to cool to room temperature
2
Sieve the flour and mix with the spices and bicarbonate of soda on a clean work surface
3
Make a well in the middle and pour in the wet ingredients. Mix until fully combined then wrap in cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for 2 hours
4
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6
5
Remove the dough from the fridge. Lightly flour the work surface and roll to a thickness of about 4mm
6
Cut your preferred shapes out using pastry cutters, transfer to a lined baking tray and bake for 5–6 minutes
7
Leave to cool before decorating with the icing
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