The recipe is an old one that I wrote in my recipe book many years ago. I like my gingerbread biscuits really gingery but use less ginger if you want it to have a little less of the kick. I piped icing around the edge of the biscuits and decorated the point of each star with a golden ball. I also dusted the whole thing with edible gold dust. Voila!
Ingredients:
340g plain flour 115g butter
3 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 beaten egg 4 tablespoons golden syrup
175g soft brown sugar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees centigrade.
2. Melt some of the butter and grease the baking trays using a brush.
3. Put the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan and stir them together over a low heat until melted.
4. Sift the flour, ground ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and mix in the syrup mixture and the beaten egg.
5. Mix together and knead into a dough then chill dough for 30 minutes in the fridge.
6. Roll dough out and cut using whatever Christmassy shape you desire.
7. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes until golden brown.
