Christmas Biscuit Recipe

The original ginger biscuit recipe is from the Rose Bakery cookbook, a book I use time and time again for delicious biscuits and pastries! The thing I like about the recipes is they always produce a huge quantity and these ginger biscuits keep really well stored in an airtight tin. You can easily get 24 large cookies from this dough.

I adapted the recipe to make vanilla cookies as well as some of the younger children don't like ginger so here are both options...

GINGER BISCUITS

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

90g light soft brown sugar

3 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg

370g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp ground ginger

1tsp cinnamon

Method

1) Add the butter, sugar and syrup to a bowl and and mix until light and fluffy.

2) Add the egg and blend together.

3) Sift and fold in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, spices and salt and mix to form a smooth ball of dough.

4) Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes while the oven preheats to 180 degrees celcius.

5) Roll out the dough to approx. 5 mm and cut out your shapes with a cookie cutter.

6) Place these on a greased baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes until slightly firm.

7) Cool on a wire rack.

VANILLA BISCUITS

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

90g light soft brown sugar

3 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg

370g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1) Add the butter, sugar, and syrup to a bowl and and mix until light and fluffy.

2) Add the egg and vanilla and blend together.

3) Sift and fold in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix to form a smooth ball of dough.

4) Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes while the oven preheats to 180 degrees celcius.

5) Roll out the dough to approx. 5 mm and cut out your shapes with a cookie cutter.

6) Place these on a greased baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes until slightly firm.

7) Cool on a wire rack.

 

Cooling the dough in the fridge makes it easier to handle but I have made these cookies many times missing out this step!