Honey, let me tell you about one of my favorite recipes — My Gingernut Biscuits/Cookies is something I’ve been making for years and it never disappoints! This is the kind of dish that fills the whole kitchen with the most wonderful aroma and has everyone asking when dinner will be ready.
Made with simple, wholesome ingredients like all-purpose flour, ginger, baking soda, this recipe comes together without any fuss. That’s the way Gran likes it — good food that doesn’t keep you in the kitchen all day.
Whether you’re making this for a weeknight dinner or bringing it to a gathering, I promise it will disappear fast. Don’t forget to scroll down and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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My Gingernut Biscuits/Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Ginger
- 0.5 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 0.25 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoon Regular
- 1.5 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 3 teaspoon Honey
Instructions
- Sieve the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon into a bowl.
- Combine the margarine, brown sugar and honey in a microwave proof bowl and heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Add the margarine mix to the flour mixture & combine well.
- Divide into 16 pieces and roll into balls with the palms of your hands.
- Place on a baking paper lined tray and flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake at 180’C/350’F for approx 15minutes.
- Remove from tray and cool on a rack.
