Method
- Sift into basin the flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon, salt and ginger.
- Rub in butter until the mixture gets a very fine crumb consistency.
- Beat egg with golden syrup, add to dry ingredients.
- Work into a firm dough with hands.
- Take teaspoonfuls of mixture, roll into small balls and place on lightly greased oven trays about 5 cm (2 inch) apart.
- Bake in moderately slow oven for about 15 mins.
- Loosen biscuits and cool on the trays.
Ingredients:
2 cups plain flour
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 pinch salt
2 tsp. ground ginger
125 gms. butter
1 small egg
1 tsp. golden syrup