27 Raring2go! RECIPE Raring2go! 1 Ingredients and utensils you’ll need 175g unsalted butter, 100g caster sugar, 50g dark muscovado sugar, 4 tablespoons golden syrup, 200g plain flour, 150g wholemeal plain flour, 1 tablespoon good quality cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, pinch of salt Additional items: baking sheet, baking paper, icing nozzle, cookie cutters, ribbon, palette knife. 1.First, using a bowl big enough to contain all of the ingredients, sift together both of the flours, cocoa powder, ginger, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda. Add a good pinch of salt. 2. Place the butter, sugar and golden syrup into a heavy bottomed saucepan. Place the pan over a low heat and stir occasionally until everything has melted to make a smooth mixture. Pour this liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon. Mix well to make a firm dough. 3. Tip out the dough onto a lightly floured worktop and wait until the dough is cool enough to handle before kneading. Gently knead until you have a supple dough – be sure not to over-work the dough though. 4. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and preheat the oven to 180º. Now roll out the dough to a 1cm thickness, ensuring the worktop is lightly floured to prevent the dough sticking. Cut out your shapes using cookie cutters of your choice. Remember to cut out holes if you’re going to be hanging your cooked biscuits. A nozzle tip makes a handy tool for cutting small holes. A palette knife is useful for transferring the cut cookies to the baking sheet. If you have time, chilling the cut shapes on the baking sheet before cooking also helps to prevent the dough from spreading when baking. Baking time takes around 12 minutes but can vary from oven to oven.When baked, remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.The biscuits will firm up when they cool down. 5. Optional extra... when cool, the biscuits can be decorated with royal icing available from most high streets. Disposable piping bags are great for little hands, making it easy for the kids to decorate their cookies. 6. Finally, thread some ribbon through the holes in the cookies to hang on the tree. It may be worth baking a big batch – as these will probably not last long! Raring2make! FUN IDEAS FOR MAKING THINGS TOGETHER ‘Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice’ Mary Berry www.raring2go.co.uk Gingerbread Dough It’s National Gingerbread day on Nov. 21st. So here’s a great recipe to try at home..... For more great recipe ideas please visit our website: www.raring2go.co.uk The method you’ll follow
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