Biscuits

Ingredients Required :

For Biscuits :
100g butter
175g dark Sugar
85g golden Syrup
350 g plain flour
1tbsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1egg beaten
To Decorate ;
300g icing sugar
16 lolly sticks
Few sweet sugar,for sprinkling red and white tubes of writing icing .

Method :
Gently melt the butter,sugar,syrup in a large pan until the sugar dissolves.Mix the flour,spices and 1/2 tsp salt.Cool the butter mixture a little,then stir in the bicarb.Immediately add half the flour and beat well.Add egg and rest of the spiced flour,then beat well again until the mixture comes together as a soft dough.Tip onto a sheet of foil,flaten to a large disc,then cool and chill until firm.Freeze for 6 weeks.Heat oven to 190C.Halve the dough and roll out on a floured surface.Stamp out trees using a cutter about 10 cm long and arrange,well spaces apart on baking sheets.Bake for 12-15 min until golden.Harden it and then lift onto a rack.To decorate,mix about 3 tbsp water into the icing sugar to make thick icing.Use to Sandwich two trees together with a lolly stick between them.Use the rest of the icing to ice the trees and stars adding sweets or sprinkling with the sugar.Now the biscuits are readu to eat ,keep it in a tin for 3-4 days .
Enjoy eating and Have a Nice Day :) :)