Like gingerbread, ginger biscuits became particularly popular during the eighteenth century due to ginger’s supposed health benefits.
Equipment
Baking sheet
Weighing scales
Small saucepan
Sieve
Mixing bowl
Preparation method
Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas 3.
Grease the baking sheet with butter.
Place the golden syrup, butter and sugar in the small saucepan and heat until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved.
Sift the flour and ground ginger into the mixing bowl and pour in the syrup mixture along with the crystallised ginger and stir thoroughly.
Place tablespoonsful of the biscuit mixture onto the baking sheet keeping as much space around them as possible to allow for the mixture spreading as it bakes.
Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Georgian
Serves:
8
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Resting time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Ingredients
60ggolden syrup
60gcaster sugar
60gsalted butter
120gplain flour
30gcrystallised ginger, finely chopped
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Ginger biscuits
Serving Size
41 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
172
Percent of Daily Value*
Fat
6.3
g
10
%
Saturated Fat
8
g
50
%
Cholesterol
16
mg
5
%
Sodium
54
mg
2
%
Potassium
131
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
27
g
9
%
Fiber
0.1
g
0
%
Sugar
16
g
18
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Calcium
24
mg
2
%
Iron
1.2
mg
7
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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