by Lena Fawcett Aysgarth
- This recipe has been tried time and time again. Always perfect.
Ingredients
- 1lb. Plain flour
- 8oz. sugar
- 8oz butter or margarine
- 8oz syrup lightly warmed
- 1 teaspoon bi-carbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon of dried ginger
- This recipe can be halved if you don’t want a lot of bicuits. Use for all kinds of biscuits shapes.
Method
- Mix all ingredients together adding the syrup last. (Food processor works well)
- Roll out thinly to 1/4 of an inch and cut into rounds.
- Place on a lightly greased tray leaving room for biscuits to spread.
- Place in a pre-heated oven and bake in a moderate oven for 6-7mins at Gas 4, 350F, or 190 degrees C.180 C if fan oven
- When cooked remove from oven and while hot slide a palette knife under the bicuits to make sure they don’t stick to the tray.
- After a few minutes they can be removed from the tray and placed on a cooling rack until completely cool.
- Store in airtight tin.
- Can also be iced with ginger water icing for an extra special treat.