Iced Ginger Biscuits

Name: Iced Ginger Biscuits
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 1.5 cups all-purpose flour; 0.25 tsp baking soda; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1.5 tsps ground ginger; 0.333 cup butter; 0.333 cup caster sugar; 2 Tbsps Golden syrup; 1 egg yolk (beaten); 2 Tbsps egg whites (lightly beaten); 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 2.25 cups powdered sugar; pink Food coloring; colored sugar sprinkles

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Difficulty:

easy

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Preparation:

35 min.

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Ingredients

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For the cookies: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ¼ tsp baking soda; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 ½ tsps ground ginger; 0.333 cup butter; 0.333 cup caster sugar; 2 Tbsps Golden syrup; 1 egg yolk (beaten)

For the icing: 2 Tbsps egg whites (lightly beaten); 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar; pink Food coloring

To decorate: colored sugar sprinkles

How healthy are the main ingredients?

ginger salt cinnamon

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Kitchen utensils

1 Cutting board, 1 Small knife, 1 Citrus juicer, 1 große Bowl, 1 Tablespoon, 1 Whisk, 1 Large knife, 1 Peeler, 1 Salad server, 1 Plastic wrap, 1 Meat mallet, 3 tiefe Plates, 1 Fork, 1 große Non-stick pan, 1 Slotted spatula, 1 Paper towel

Preparation steps

For the cookies: sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and spices into a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Add the sugar, syrup and egg yolk and mix to a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

Heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut into rounds. Place on the baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden. Cool on the baking tray for a few minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.

For the icing: mix together the egg white and lemon juice. Gradually sift in the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Spoon half the icing into another bowl and stir in a few drops of pink colouring.

Spoon the icing evenly over the cookies on a wire rack. Scatter with sugar sprinkles and leave to set.