Jumbles
These slightly gingery biscuits are a delicious treat which kids will enjoy
baking - and eating!
Ingredients:
Biscuits:
60g (2 1/4 oz) butter
160ml (5 1/4 fl oz, 2/3 cup) golden syrup
260g (9 1/4 oz, 2 cups) plain (allpurpose) flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
Icing:
A small amount of cold water
240g (9oz, 2 cups) icing (confectioners') sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
food colouring
sprinkles
Preheat oven to 180C (350F, Gas Mark 4) and line two baking trays with baking
paper. Put butter and golden syrup into a saucepan and stir over low heat until
just melted, then turn up the heat and quickly bring to the boil, then
immediately remove from the heat. Leave to cool for at least 10 minutes.
Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices in a mixing bowl together (you can
sift them if you like, but we didn't), then stir in the butter and syrup
mixture.
Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Don't overdo this stage - knead
as little as you can. Divide into 3 or 4 and roll into logs. The dough will be
quite soft. Slice into rounds (actually, ours came out oval, but they looked
good like that!)
Jumbles ready to go into the oven
Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly golden.
Jumbles out of the oven, golden brown.
Cool for a moment on the tray and then move to wire racks to cool completely
before icing.
Jumbles cooling on rack
To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Add the lemon juice and any
food colouring, then sprinkle in a little cold water until you can mix the icing
into a gloopy consistency which will cover the jumbles without running over the
edges. Be careful not to add too much water or food colouring!
Once iced, you can add further embellishments - spinkles, hundreds and
thousands, food glitter - if you wish.
Finished jumbles - delicious!
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