Spiced & iced Christmas trees

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• muffin_manic

  16 November 2010

  muffin_manic rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I would recommend flouring the foil before you put the dough on it ^_^ Also I left out cloves as i didnt have any. I have made this recipe 3x this week, its lovely! First lot i turned half into biscuits as a gift for someone & the other half gingerbread people for my children. Second lot biscuits again half again as a gift for someone else & the rest again for my house. This time I have friends coming round tomorrow with their children so half biscuits half gingerbread people. I like mine with loads of icing on them so i normally make round biscuits then half dip them in icing :) looks good too.

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• Top Cat

  06 November 2011

  Top Cat rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy to make, and produced a lovely, warm spicy ginger biscuit. I cut them out into snowflake shape instead and decorated them. Lovely

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• jalfrezycrzy

  20 December 2011

  jalfrezycrzy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I found these biscuits a bit tricky! Not sure why the recipe says to flatten before putting in the fridge - what's the point if you're going to knead and roll it out anyway?! I took someone's suggestion of adding flour to the tinfoil, but it was still awful to get off the foil, it's so sticky. I had to knead a lot and add a lot of flour to be able to cut it. Don't know what I did wrong as I followed the recipe exactly. They're in the oven and I'm waiting to taste the final product before deciding if they're worth all the hassle to make!

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• Vicki

  23 December 2011

  Vicki commented on this recipe

  Way too sticky, I had to add an extra 70g flour then it was manageable. Also the cooking time was too long even reducing for my fan oven. However, good crisp texture and gingery flavour, I did add some black pepper for heat.

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• mrsambrose

  15 November 2012

  mrsambrose rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So easy, so delicious!! I add extra cinnamon, but that's just my preference!!

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• N.lynne

  06 December 2012

  N.lynne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a lovely recipe, I added extra ginger and cinnamon, also left in the fridge for a couple of days before rolling out, it did only slightly stick to the foil. Lovely chewy cookie style texture.

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Ingredients

FOR THE BISCUITS

• 100g butter , chopped
• 175g dark muscovado sugar
• 85g golden syrup
• 350g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg , beaten

TO DECORATE

• 300g sifted icing sugar
• 16 lolly sticks or coffee stirrers
• a few sweets
• sugar , for sprinkling
• red and white tubes of writing icing

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Makes 16 plus extra stars

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Prep 45 mins

Cook 30 mins

Freeze before shaping and baking

Ingredients

FOR THE BISCUITS

• 100g butter , chopped
• 175g dark muscovado sugar
• 85g golden syrup
• 350g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg , beaten

TO DECORATE

• 300g sifted icing sugar
• 16 lolly sticks or coffee stirrers
• a few sweets
• sugar , for sprinkling
• red and white tubes of writing icing

PER SERVING

278 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 1g, sugar 39g, salt 0.47 g

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