Name: Easy Gingerbread Biscuits Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: 125 g butter; 1/2 cup treacle; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 egg yolk; 1 tbs ground ginger; 2 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour

by helenwin Last updated on 12/15/2019

Use this mixture to make gingerbread biscuits or gingerbread men. - helenwin

Ingredients

125 g butter
1/2 cup treacle
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tbs ground ginger
2 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour

Method

Step 1

Place butter, treacle and brown sugar in a small saucepan, and heat until melted.
Step 2

Cool in saucepan for approximately ½ hour.
Step 3

Add egg yolk and mix well.
Step 4

Place ginger, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda and flour in a mixing bowl and mix well.
Step 5

Add butter mix and stir to combine.
Step 6

Preheat oven to 180C-200C.
Step 7

Roll mixture into walnut-sized balls and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Step 8

To make gingerbread men, roll out mixture between sheets of baking paper, the mixture is thick and sticky, to ½ cm thick, and use a biscuit cutter to cut out gingerbread men or 3cm rounds.
Step 9

Place on an oven tray lined with baking paper, leaving 3cm between each biscuit. Bake for 7-10 minutes.
Step 10

Leave on tray for 5 minutes before removing. Cool on a cake rack.
Step 11

Store biscuits in an airtight container.