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Ingredients150g butter60g caster sugar 60g soft dark brown sugar 60g golden syrup 360g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon Colourful boiled sweets |
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Method1. Heat oven to gas mark 4/180C/350F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.2. Melt the butter with both types of sugar and the golden syrup. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger and cinnamon into a large bowl. Add the melted butter and sugar mixture and mix together. 3. Knead the mixture for a few seconds until it comes together, adding a teaspoon or so of water if necessary, taking care to keep the dough soft but not sticky. 4. Flatten the dough into a round about 2cm thick, wrap with cling film, and leave to chill for 30 minutes. 5. Dust a work surface with flour and roll out the dough to about 0.5cm thickness. Stamp out shapes using a Christmas cutter or regular round ones. 6. Put each shape on to the baking tray and cut out the centre of each one and replace the empty space with a boiled sweet. Make a small hole at the top of each biscuit (to feed a ribbon through for hanging on the Christmas tree). 7. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the baking tray. The boiled sweets will have melted, creating a stained glass effect. Thread ribbon through each biscuit and use to hang on the tree. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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