- 460g soft butter
- 200g soft dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 170g black treacle
- 500g plain flour
- 4tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1tsp salt
- 4tsp ground ginger
- 1tsp ground nutmeg
- 1tsp cinnamon
- caster sugar for dusting
gingernut biscuits
peter Jackson
13th November 2011
gingernut biscuits
just mix together butter and sugar.
Mix in the eggs and the treacle.
Sift together flour, bicarbon...
Ingredients
Method
just mix together butter and sugar.
Mix in the eggs and the treacle.
Sift together flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and spices, sift 3 times.
Fold into butter mix to form a soft dough.
Chill 2 hours.
Roll dough out to 5mm thick.
Cut into 7.5cm by 2.5cm oblongs.
Place on the tray, sprinkle with sugar, and bake for 20mins
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