Ginger Star Biscuits
2 Reviews
This christmas recipe is delicious - the slightly chewy ginger biscuits are one of my favourite christmas recipes for children to make as they love rolling out dough and cutting it into shapes using cookie cutters and this is a very easy christmas recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 65 g (2 oz) butter
- 50 g (1 3/4 oz) soft brown sugar
- 4 tbsp golden syrup
- 150 g (5 1/4 oz) plain flour, sieved
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Tube of white Designer Icing (available in Supermarkets)
- Edible silver balls (optional)
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180 C Fan 160 C 350F Gas 4
Beat the butter and sugar with an electric whisk until pale. Add the golden syrup, flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda and beat together until you form a dough. Wrap in clingfilm and chill for at least 30 minutes.
Roll out on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 3 mm. Start in the centre of the dough and roll evenly outwards. Cut into stars using cookie cutters from the outside edges of the dough into the centre, cutting as close together as possible. Re-roll the trimmings until all the dough is used up.
Place on baking sheets lined with baking paper. Make a whole in the stars near the top using the end of a straw and bake for about 8 minutes. Allow to cool then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Ice the cookies using a tube of white icing and if you like you could add some edible silver balls. Thread a silver ribbon through the holes and tie in a loop so that you can hang the cookies on the tree.
Information
Makes approx 15 biscuilts
KT15cookie
wrote on 23 Dec, 2011.
wrote on 23 Dec, 2011.
I use this recipe all the time and found it quick and easy. The dough also freezes well and keeps for a few days in the fridge, so is good for planning ahead. All flour has different absorbancy rates so sometimes I have had to add a bit or put a bit less in
CookingGranny
wrote on 18 Dec, 2008.
wrote on 18 Dec, 2008.
I have just cooked the ginger stars recipe which I actually found on the BBC Food website, for my grandchildren's visit tomorrow. It is a complete failure....the dough is a sticky mess (I suspect too much golden syrup) which could not be rescued even with the addition of a lot more flour. I resent the waste of ingredients (and of my time) in these frugal times.
Has this recipe been tested? If so, can you suggest what might have gone wrong...I followed it to the letter, and rested the dough for 45 minutes.
I will now go and scrape it off my baking board, rolling pin, and kitchen work tops. No home- made biscuits for my expectant grandchildren this visit! Very disappointing.
