Star Ginger Biscuits

DIFFICULTY
Average Average
COOK TIME
Under 1 hr. Under 1 hr.
SERVES
10+ 10+
Star Ginger Biscuits
Main INGREDIENTS
  • Fruit
Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

  • 150g soft butter
  • 115g caster sugar
  • 3 tablespoons golden syrup or honey
  • 1 egg
  • 340g self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger

  • Method

  • 1
    Cream together the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a bowl.
  • 2
    Add in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger and mix together.
  • 3
    Mix the egg into the ingredients to form a dough.
  • 4
    Chill the dough for 30 minutes in a refrigerator.
  • 5
    Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC / Fan 160ºC / Gas Mark 4.
  • 6
    Dust a work surface with flour and roll the dough out to 3mm thick.
  • 7
    Cut out 48, 7cm stars. Place 12 of the stars onto the Toughened Non-Stick Bakeware Baking Sheet (do not grease) and bake for 6-8 minutes until cooked through.
  • 8
    Leave to cool for a couple of minutes on the baking sheet and then using a palette knife lift the biscuits onto a cooling wire to cool completely.
  • 9
    Repeat with the remaining mix until you have baked all the stars.
  • 10
    Dust with icing sugar to serve.
  • 11
    Cook’s Notes
  • 12
    The mix may be kept in the fridge for up to 2 days before baking if required.
  • 13
    Pack the 6 biscuits into individual cellophane bags and tie with ribbon for the perfect homemade Christmas gift.