Ginger Biscuits
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.
- Time
- 20 minutes
- Yield
- 48 biscuits
Ingredients
- 3½ cups (475 g/1.05 lb) all-purpose flour
- 2 sticks (250 g) unsalted butter
- 1 cup (225 g) caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 2 eggs
- Milk as needed
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160 C. Grease a baking sheet.
- Rub the butter and ginger into the flour in a bowl until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the eggs and mix to a soft dough, adding a little milk if necessary.
- Roll out the dough to 5 mm and cut out biscuits with a plain round cutter.
- Place them on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes until golden.
- Take the biscuits out of the oven and leave them to cool.