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Gingerbread Biscuits

Marked for Revision Time: 35 min Yields: biscuits Cost: $0.14 per biscuit Difficulty: 3/10

The classic Christmas biscuit recipe, an annual tradition between Lorenzo, Dad and I. We make a triple batch, cut into christmas shapes and wrap with cellophane and ribbons to give out. Can use golden syrup instead of treacle.

Ingredients

  • Butter 140 grams
  • Brown sugar 115 grams
  • Treacle 90 grams
  • Plain flour 250 grams
  • SR flour 30 grams
  • Eggs 1 whole
  • Baking soda 1 tsp
  • Ginger 3 tsp
  • Cinnamon 2 tsp
  • Ground cloves 0.75 tsp
  • Nutmeg (ground) 0.75 tsp

Steps

  1. Grease several baking trays
  2. Beat butter and sugar, then beat in treacle and egg
  3. Whisk egg
  4. Sift flour and grind spices
  5. Sift in the flours, spices and baking soda
  6. Knead for 3 minutes, until smooth
  7. Plastic wrap and chill in fridge (10 minutes or so)
  8. Preheat oven to 180
  9. Roll out dough and cut with cookie cutters, place on trays
  10. Bake for 10 minutes, cool for 5