Gingerbread Biscuits. Gingerbread is a great thing to make at Christmas, these simple gingerbread biscuits look impressive hanging from the tree or given as gifts to family and friends. How to make gingerbread biscuits: Add butter, golden syrup and light brown sugar to a pan. Stir on a low heat until sugar has dissolved.

Cut out the shapes and transfer to the lined baking sheets. Combine butter, sugar and golden syrup in small saucepan, stir over low heat until smooth. The perfect biscuit for me is an old-fashioned ginger biscuit, also known affectionately as ginger nuts or ginger snap. You can have Gingerbread Biscuits using 8 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Gingerbread Biscuits

You need 4 tbsp of Golden Syrup.
Prepare 300 g of Plan Flour.
You need 1 of tsb Bicarbonate Of Soda.
It's 1 1/2 tsp of Ground Ginger.
You need 1 1/2 tsp of mixed spice.
Prepare 100 g of Unsalted Butter (softened & diced).
It's 150 g of Soft Dark Brown Sugar.
You need 1 of Egg.

They are spicy yet sweet and everyone loves them. Ginger biscuits are one of Britain's favorite biscuits and we have been eating them for centuries. In a bowl, combine baking mix or flour, sugar, ginger, soda and salt. Using hands, rub egg into mixture.

Gingerbread Biscuits instructions

Preheat the oven to 190c (375f/ Gas 5)..
Heat the golden syrup until it liquefies, then leave to cool..
Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices into a bowl. Then add the butter..
Rub together using your fingertips until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs..
Add the sugar to the breadcrumb looking mixture and miss well..
Beat the egg into the cooled syrup..
Make a well in the flour mixture..
Pour in the syrup mix and mix together until you get a rough dough..
Lightly flour the surface and briefly knead the dough..
Once kneaded, add more flour to the work surface and roll out the dough 5mm (1/4in) thick..
Use a cutter to cut out the shapes and pop onto a baking tray. For the gingerbread people, add small cut raisins for eyes, nose and buttons. You can also add sugar sprinkles too!.
Mix the off it’s of dough and re roll until all the dough has been used..
Bake for 10 - 12 mins until golden brown..
Once baked, transfer onto a wire rack.
Let cool and then decorate!.

In a saucepan, warm syrup and butter; stir into batter. DIRECTIONS In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until well blended. In a large bowl (KitchenAid's great for this) beat butter, brown sugar, and egg on medium speed until well blended. Add molasses, vanilla, and lemon zest and continue to mix until well blended. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses.