Ginger Nut Biscuits Recipe
Ginger Nut Biscuits Recipe with Flour, Golden Syrup, Butter, Demerara Sugar, Ground Ginger and Lemon Essence.
INGREDIENTS
8 oz (225g) Flour
4 oz (100g) Golden Syrup
A Knob of Butter
4 oz (100g) Demerara Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
10 Drops of Lemon Essence
1/4 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
METHOD
Rub the butter into the flour; add the sugar, ginger and lemon essence. Then mix in the golden syrup, and lastly the soda. Roll out, cut into biscuits and bake in a moderate oven (190C, 375F, Mark 5) for about 15 minutes until crisp.
Based on the Ginger Nut Biscuits recipe in:
Home Cookery Illustrated
by Anon (Odhams Press, Circa 1955).