I'm nor sure if it's motherhood or looking at too many food blogs, but lately I have lots of motivation when it comes to the kitchen.
I'm not a baker. Anything to do with flour and raising agents terrifies me. But after the chocolate cobbler and date scones I was inspired to try some more. Yesterday whilst BB slept peaceful in the sling I managed to manouvre around a tin of Golden Syrup and make Hot Gingernut Biscuits, and to my surprise they turned out really well! I also did a load of washing and hung it up outside, met my in-laws for lunch and then another friend for coffee, prepared dinner and did some knitting. Go me!
For some reason I just felt full of beans all day.
(This sudden burst of energy may or may not have been due to the copious amounts of sugar in the biscuit dough I ate first thing in the morning. Ahem.)
Here's the recipe:
(This sudden burst of energy may or may not have been due to the copious amounts of sugar in the biscuit dough I ate first thing in the morning. Ahem.)
Here's the recipe:
HOT GINGERNUT BISCUITS
200g unsalted butter, softened
3 cups self-raising flour*
3/4 cup caster sugar**
3 tablespoons ground ginger
1 1/2 tablespoons bicarbonate of soda
240g golden syrup
40g treacle, warmed***
* I used wholemeal
** I used normal white sugar
*** I forgot to warm my treacle. Not sure if it made any difference.
Preaheat oven to 160 C/ 325 F/ Gas Mark 3
Butter a baking tray or line it with parchment paper
Cut the butter into small pieces, mix dry ingredients together and rub the butter into them with your fingers. Add the treacle and golden syrup and bring together to form a dough.* (Mine was really sticky. I'm not sure if that's how it was supposed to be...)
Break off pieces and shape them into 3cm balls.
Place well apart on the prepared tray and bake for about 10 minutes. The biscuits will rise and fall a little. They should be crisp on the outside and a little chewy on the inside. (Mine were more chewy than crisp, so I tried it with a hotter oven and it helped a bit.)
Cool.
*The dough it really good eaten raw. You can stop at this point if you like.
(Rose Garden plate in the photo was thrifted as a gift for BB from my mother-in-law. Thank you!)
I made your date scones and they were so nice! Only 2 spoons of sugar- a great recipe. But I had to guess on the baking powder - it sneaks in there without a measurement....man, they were yummy. Hip ray for happy, energetic, productive days. x
ReplyDeleteThose look so utterly tasty (would love one right now with a cuppa!). And recipe looks like it would make heaps (or several, with lots of dough got snacking... yum). Will have to try these out soon.
ReplyDeletewell I know what I am baking next! I also baked the scones as you know and mine were what I would call rock cakes. Only due to my gorgeous daughter playing, or over working the dough. But, they were still divine and taste amazing with the walnuts and hot with butter! yum!
ReplyDeleteyou are like a little nanna baking and knitting. absolutely lovely!
I am with you as I bought two new cookbooks today. I cannot wait to swap recipes with you xx
:)))you are so funny! I really like the raw doughs too. Sometimes I just don't wanna cook it at all!
ReplyDeletei love that your mother-in-law gifted you a pretty thrifted plate. what mother-in-law does stuff like that? only yours i am guessing. so cute.
ReplyDeleteGingernut? YUM!
ReplyDeletethose biscuits look dangerous!
ReplyDeletewe've been doing some 'sling baking' too. i love cooking. and eating! and seeing my man eating the things i cook. yay
xx.c
Yei! I´ve also been baking a lot, must be the winter´s influence I believe. You go girl! Blessings and stardust for you and your fab family
ReplyDeleteI love how they look to be in the shape of a heart! :D
ReplyDeleteOh, and YUM!!!
I love the plate, so delicate. I am a huge fan of pretty plates. Those cookies look awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat plate is so beautiful, BB is one lucky little girl:)
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xx
yum they look so good! I would probably just eat all of the uncooked mixture though... x
ReplyDeleteI had to come back and say I baked them today and YUMMMMMMMM....seriously these are good cookies. My mixture was sticky too, which made for a lot of fun. I tried so hard not to lick my fingers, but I had to try the dough after you mentioned how good it is. Oh yes I ate a bit of raw cookie.
ReplyDeletemine were chewy on the inside and I loved that... I have a lot more to get through, they make a lot of cookies!
thanks for sharing lovely! xx
what a productive day you have had! i love it when that happens :)
ReplyDeletegingernut biscuits are my fave and these look so much better than packet ones...
...now to find some time to bake!
thanks for sharing :)
kel
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Curious to know what the brand is of the baby holder your hubby is wearing? I love that it has a camper-nature design aesthetic.
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