Hang tempting treats from the tree with this simple recipe from BBC Good Food, perfect for making with kids.
Spiced Christmas tree biscuits
Spice up your Christmas tree with these easy ginger tree biscuits
Makes 30/35 biscuits
Published: December 7, 2018 at 8:16 pm
Ingredients
- 175g Dark muscovado sugar
- 100g Butter
- 3tsp Ground ginger
- 1tsp Ground cinnamon
- 350g Plain flour
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 1 Egg
- 85g Golden syrup
Method
Step 1
Cream the sugar, golden syrup and butter together. Mix the spices and flour in a separate bowl. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in 1 tsp of cold water. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients, add the melted sugar mix, egg and bicarbonate of soda. Mix well and put in the fridge for one hour.
Step 2
Heat the oven to 190ºC or 170ºC for fan ovens. Thinly roll out the dough on a floured surface and cut into shapes with Christmas cutters, making a small hole in the top of each biscuit with a skewer.
Step 3
Bake for 12-15 minutes, leave to cool and then string with ribbon. You can ice and decorate them if you’d like. Melted dark chocolate drizzled on top tasty delicious!
Recipe by BBC Good Food.
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