Ginger Biscuits Recipe
An old-fashioned ginger biscuits recipe. Made by rubbing in butter and forming a dough with golden syrup. Perfect with a cuppa.
Servings: 45 small biscuits
Calories: 43kcal
Ingredients
- 225 grams SR flour (1 ¾ cup) (to make SR flour from plain/all-purpose flour, add 2 teaspoons of baking powder to every 1 cup of plain flour)
- 55 grams caster sugar (¼ cup) (superfine sugar)
- 85 grams butter
- ½ teaspoon bicarb soda (baking soda)
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 tablespoons golden syrup (use only enough to form a dough) (substitute with corn or maple syrup)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to moderate (170 degrees celsius/340 degrees fahrenheit, fan forced).
- Sieve flour, bicarb soda and ginger together into a bowl.
- Chop butter into cubes and rub into dry mixture.
- Add sugar and stir through mixture.
- Add enough of the golden syrup to bind the mixture together to form a dough. Add a little additional syrup if required.
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface and roll out as thinly as possible.
- Use a small round cutter (about 5cm diameter) to cut out biscuits.
- Place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
Notes
Storing: They should last up to a week if stored in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.
Freezing: Freeze the baked cookies in an airtight container for up to a few months. Defrost overnight at room temperature before serving.
Nutrition: The nutrition information is an automatically generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.
Nutrition
Calories: 43kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg