Gingerbread Biscuits
250g / 9oz unsalted butter
200g / 7oz dark muscovado sugar
6 tbsp golden syrup
600g / 1Ib 5oz plain flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tsp ground ginger
• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan. Put
the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger
into a large bowl. Stir in the melted butter,
sugar and syrup to make a stiff dough.Roll out
the dough to a thickness of a £1 coin.
• Using cookie cutters cut out shapes and place
onto a lined baking tray.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until firm and leave to
cool on a cooling tray.