Latvian gingerbread biscuits
By: Martin Blunos From: Good Food Live
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Latvian gingerbread biscuits
- Prep time:
- 30 mins
- Cook time:
- Serves:
- 25 biscuits
Enjoy a traditional Christmas treat with Martin Blunos's recipe for fragrant, home-made gingerbread biscuits
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Ingredients
Method
1. Sift the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, cayenne and salt into a mixing bowl.2. Add in the butter and sugar and rub in until the butter is absorbed and the mixture has a sandy texture.
3. Mix in the syrup and enough of the beaten egg to make a fairly stiff, smooth dough. Shape the dough into a ball and wrap in cling film. Place the dough in the fridge to firm up for at least 45 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4.
5. Roll out the dough to 3mm thickness. Cut out biscuits into desired shapes.
6. Place the gingerbread biscuits on greased, non-stick baking sheets.
7. Bake the biscuits for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
8. Remove the biscuits from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheets.
9. Decorate with biscuits with piped royal icing. Store in an airtight container.
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What is the point of putting a recipe here if there is not a list of ingredients?
Had the same problem re the ingredients list, but found the same recipe on http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk if that helps. These biscuits are absolutely delicious. I've been making them with my toddler as Christmas gifts: the only hard part about it is getting him to understand that he can't eat them all himself!
Arghhhh - where has the ingredients list gone to? - It was here when I last looked
They will keep un-iced for 2-3 weeks in an airtight container. Alternatively you can freeze them once they're cool (well-wrapped) and ice them just before you plan to use them.
how long will they keep
i'd like to know how far in advance we can make these too as would be great for kids to make as xmas gifs
Does any one know how far in advance you can make these? Thanks