The best part about making your own biscuits is the delicious smell that lasts all day long and ginger bread smells the best! As you can see I have made mine seasonal by turning them into ghosts a la Halloween but if you don't have cookie cutter you can use an upturned drinking glass and have simple round ones.
I cheated a bit with the icing as I bought a ready made tube, but simply mixing icing sugar and water together will work just as well. I was lazy!
The recipe is as follows:-
350g Plain Flour
1tsp Bicarb
3tsp ginger
1tsp white pepper (this is optional and makes them extra fiery)
1tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
125g butter
175g dark brown sugar
1 free range egg
2 tblsp golden syrup
2 tblsp treacle
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
2. Sift the dry ingredients and spices together, add the brown sugar and mix well.
3. Add the butter and mix until it looks like bread crumbs.
4. Add your egg and the treacle and syrup and mix to a soft sticky dough.
5. Turn on to a floured board and roll out to about 1cm thick.
6. Cut out your cookie shapes and place on grease proof paper on a baking tray.
7. Bake between 12 and 15 minutes. The longer you bake the more crunch you get, however don't worry if they seem a bit soft when you take them out as they do harden as they cool.
8. Decorate to your taste and make some tea.
Hope you enjoy them, ours are nearly finishes already!
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