Gingerbread Biscuits

 

I baked gingerbread men and stars to give as Christmas gifts.

350g plain flour

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

2tsp ground ginger

1tsp cinnamon

125g butter

175g dark brown sugar

1 egg

4tbsp golden syrup

 

Sieve all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Then add the remaining ingredients and mix until combined and forms a dough. Chill for 30 minutes and preheat oven to 180C/gas 4.

Roll the dough fairly thick and cut out shapes.

Place on a lined baking tray and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until dark brown.

 

I left mine to cool then decorated them with a simple icing sugar and water icing.

 

Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti

I used Stacie Stewart's recipe for biscotti to make for my friends as part of their Christmas presents.

The picture below is after its first baking.

 

 

Then the dough gets cut into strips and baked again at a lower temperature.

Great recipe, my strips were quite thick so were more like a brownie texture.