Yorkshire Gingernut Biscuits

Being a Yorkshire lass, when my friends requested I make some ginger biscuits there was no other alternative than to make this classic recipe.  Gingernut biscuits are a deliciously crunchy and so quick and easy to make.

This recipe will make 40-50 biscuits.

Ingredients

• 100g butter
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• 350g self-raising flour
• 100g demerara sugar
• 100g light muscovado sugar
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1tbsp ground ginger
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 100g chocolate (optional)

Method

• Preheat the oven to 160C/140C fan/Gas 3, and lightly grease 3 baking trays.
• Measure the butter and golden syrup into a small pan ans gently heat together until the butter has melted. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients together and add in the butter mixture, followed by the egg (I like to do this by hand).
• Form the dough into 40-50 balls, about the size of a walnut and place well apart of the prepared baking trays.

• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove the biscuits from the baking trays and cool on a wire rack. If you leave the biscuits to cool completely on the baking trays they may become stuck.

• Once the biscuits have cooled completely you can melt 100g of chocolate and drizzle on top.