Eden Project

Christmas recipe #3: pepparkakor (Swedish ginger biscuits)

This year we’re publishing a series of Christmas recipes for the delicious biscuits and cakes that we’re serving up in the Eden Bakery over the festive period for our Time of Gifts winter festival.

Ingredients

Makes 20

• 250g butter
• 300g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 4 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 550g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• pinch of salt
• icing sugar for decoration

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C/gas mark 6. Line baking trays with parchment.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in egg, golden syrup, orange juice and orange zest.
3. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves; stir into the creamed mixture until combined.
4. Roll dough out to .25cm thickness, and cut into shapes with biscuit cutters. Place on baking trays and bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
5. Cool biscuits on wire racks and then dust with icing sugar to serve.

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