Ginger shortbread biscuits

  • Portion size: Serves 16-20
  • Takes 10 min to make, 10 min to bake, plus chilling
  • Difficulty: easy

Perfect on their own as a delicious teatime treat or, for an impressive dinner party dessert, serve them alongside these orange scented wine jellies.

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Ingredients

  • 80g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus extra for greasing
  • 80g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 30g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 30g cornflour
  • Drop of vanilla extract
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Method

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter until pale and fluffy. Sift over the flour, ginger, sugar and cornflour and beat well. Beat in the vanilla.
  2. Turn out onto a piece of cling film and shape into a roll about 5cm in diameter. Wrap up and chill for 2 hours or until firm enough to slice.
  3. Preheat the oven to 190°c/fan170°c/gas 5. Cut the dough into 12 x 5mm-thick slices. Place, spaced apart, on a buttered baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, until golden.
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  5. Cool on a wire rack, dust with icing sugar and serve with orange scented wine jellies, or with afternoon tea or coffee.

Nutrition

  • 97kcals Calories
  • 6g fat (3.8g saturated) Fat
  • 0.7g Protein
  • 10.7g (3g sugar) Carbs
  • trace Salt

Make Ahead

To freeze, place in a plastic container in the freezer for up to 3 months. Defrost thoroughly before eating.

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