Gingerbread Glazed Window Biscuits
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If you can resist eating them all, the windows look lovely in the light hanging from a Christmas tree; make the hole to hang them from whilst soft. Makes approximately 50 biscuits.
Serves 12
Ingredients
- 225 g unsalted butter
- 150 ml golden syrup
- 125 g light muscavado sugar
- 500 g plain flour (plus extra to dust)
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 packet boiled sweets
Method
- Step 1 In a medium saucepan gently melt the butter, syrup and sugar (do not boil).
- Step 2 Meanwhile combine the dry ingredients and sift into a large mixing bowl.
- Step 3 When the syrup mixture has melted, leave to cool. When cooled add the beaten egg until well mixed in.
- Step 4 Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredents and stir until completely combined into a sticky dough.
- Step 5 Chill the dough in two halves, wrapped in clingfilm, in the fridge for 4 hours.
- Step 6 Roll out dough to approximately 5mm thick and use festive shapes to cut and then put on a baking tray. If the dough starts to stick to the rolling pin then use additional flour to dust.
- Step 7 Use smaller cutting shapes to cut a hole in the middle of some or all shapes (keep the smaller shapes to bake). Drop a sweet into each hole, then bake for 10-15 minutes at 190C or 170C if a fan oven.
- Step 8 When baked, put on a cooling rack until cooled. Then tuck in!
