Sarah was off to tennis camp today (10-3) and great weather for it, thank goodness - I was afraid it was going to be a repeat of last week. Olivia's chosen activity, after we did some errands and had lunch, was baking biscuits, so we did gingerbread shapes (I think she and Alex used every shape in the box, except I drew the line at the Christmas Tree) - so we have people, animals (dogs, cats, sheep, cows, bunnies, teddies, elephants, ducks), dinosaurs, teapots, hearts, stars, flowers and probably some other stuff I forgot. And instead of mixing icing colours today, I just bought some tubes and let them squeeze. And I insisted they leave some plain, for the grownups, who prefer to have more biscuit than icing...Gingerbread
350g plain flour
1 tsp bicarb of soda
2 tsp ginger
125g butter or marg, cubed
175g light brown sugar
1 egg
4 tbsp golden syrup
Combine flour, soda, ginger; rub in butter. When in small crumbs, stir in sugar. Combine egg & golden syrup in a small bowl; add to dry ingredients and mix to form a (quite stiff) dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface until very thin. Cut shapes & bake in a pre-heated oven 170C for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Biscuits will be soft when removed, but crisp when cool.
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