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Ginger Biscuits
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.
Ingredients
Servings
- all purpose flour, 475 g / 1.05 lb3 1/2 cup
- unsalted butter, 250 g2 stick
- caster sugar, 225 g1 cup
- ground ginger2 tbsp
- egg2
- milk, as needed
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 6 steps
Preheat the oven to . 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 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.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
