Saturday, 18 December 2010

Gingernut Biscuits

Another recipe from The Good Housekeeping Compendium circa 1952:

Mix:

8 oz flour 
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
 1/2 tsp mixed ground spice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 oz brown sugar

then rub in 
3 oz of margarine

add 
2tbs of warm treacle or date syrup 
 (warm up in the microwave for 20 seconds) and mix to form a dough.

Knead lightly, roll out and cut with cookie cutters

Bake in a moderate oven (180 C with fan)  for 10 minutes 

Store in an air tight container

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