Ginger Biscuits

Name: Ginger Biscuits
Total time: 20 min
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

This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.

20 min

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

Steps

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.

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Adapted from “Ginger Biscuits” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.