Grasmere Gingerbread
1 lb Fine oatmeal 1/2 ts Baking powder 4 ts Ground ginger 1 pn Allspice 1/2 lb Pale muscovado sugar 1/2 lb Butter 2 tb Golden syrup Line a swiss roll or baking tin measuring about ...
Ingredients
- 1lbfine oatmeal
- 1/2tsp baking powder
- 4tsp ground ginger
- 1pn allspice
- 1/2lbpale muscovado sugar
- 1/2lbbutter
- 2tbsp golden syrup
Directions
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1 lb Fine oatmeal 1/2 ts Baking powder 4 ts Ground ginger 1 pn Allspice 1/2 lb Pale muscovado sugar 1/2 lb Butter 2 tb Golden syrup Line a s
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Stir the dry ingredients together
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Melt the butter and syrup over low heat, pour on to the dry ingredients and stir well to make a fairly stiff mixture
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Spread the mixture evenly over the base of the prepared tin and bake at 350 F (180 C) gas mark 4 for 25-30 minutes
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Do not be alarmed by the fact that the mixture will look a little runny when it emerges from the oven
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this is normal
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Mark the biscuits into fingers or squares while still warm but leave in the tin until completely cold
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Don't make the biscuits very big ~ they are chewy and very filling