Ginger Treacle Biscuits
This is a Swedish gingerbread recipe known as 'Stora Pepparkakor'. These are very gingery and chewy compared to mainstream gingerbread.
Ingredients
Serves: 15
- 170g butter
- 200g brown soft sugar
- 1/4 cup (65ml) treacle, or molasses
- 1 egg, whisked
- 2 1/4 cups (280g) plain flour
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 pinch cloves, to taste
- 1 teaspoon, bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 teaspoon, salt
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:30min
- Heat oven to 180 degrees C.
- Cream butter and sugar thoroughly. Add treacle and egg. Beat.
- Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well.
- Roll into balls then place on buttered baking trays and flatten slightly. Alternatively roll out and cut into gingerbread men.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 12 to 15 minutes.
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This is one of my top recipes ever. It never fails to be a winner. I don't like ginger but I LOVE these cookies. They are SO FREAKING GOOD. They are soft and a bit chewy. I have never actually made gingerbread men with this recipe. I make round cookies and then sandwhich them with orange butter cream (butter cream with juice of an orange and orange rind). The flavours work amazingly together! I refrigerate them for an hour or so, and then put them in my cookie jar. They've lasted for almost a week but then they were all gone...but I think they would have lasted a good while longer. Even after a week they still tasted fresh. On their own they are almost as good. These cookies have an amazing flavour and texture and this will be a recipe to keep forever and pass onto my children and grandchildren! Thank you SO MUCH for posting! - 09 Dec 2016
The flour quantity in this recipe definately needs reviewing as dough mixture much too soft and sticky. I kept adding flour to make biscuit dough. Biscuits also expanded more than other gingerbread recipes. Flavour good - 16 Feb 2011 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)
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