Gingerbread biscuits

Name: Gingerbread biscuits
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 100 grams butter; 200 grams brown sugar (1 cup firmly packed); 250 ml treacle (1 cup); 2 eggs, lightly wisked; 600 grams plain flour (4 cups); 150 grams self raising flour; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 2 egg whites (for icing); 420 grams pure icing sugar (2 2/3 cups) (for icing); 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice (for icing)

Dale Roberts @cook_4029309

,Victoria, Australia

1 hour to prep, 15 mins to cook.

Dale Roberts @cook_4029309

,Victoria, Australia

1 hour to prep, 15 mins to cook.

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Ingredients

60 mins

40 servings

100 gramsbutter
200 gramsbrown sugar (1 cup firmly packed)
250 mltreacle (1 cup)
2eggs, lightly wisked
600 gramsplain flour (4 cups)
150 gramsself raising flour
1 tablespoonground ginger
1 tablespoonground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoonground cloves
1 teaspoonbicarbonate of soda
2egg whites (for icing)
420 gramspure icing sugar (2 2/3 cups) (for icing)
1 teaspoonfresh lemon juice (for icing)

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Steps

60 mins

1

Place butter, brown sugar and treacle in a saucepan over low - medium heat. Stir untill butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool for 10 mins
2

Combine butter mixture and and 2 eggs (not the 2 egg whites) in a large bowl, sift in flours, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and bicarbonate of soda over the butter mixture. Stir until well combined, kneed on a floured surface until smooth. Shape into a disc, cover with glad wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays (i line 4 trays personally) with baking paper. Roll out dough in portions to 5mm thick. Cut with cutters and and place on lined trays. Cook for 5-7 mins or untill golden.
4

Cool on tray for 5 mins before transferring to wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough.
5

Icing: Place egg whites in a bowl, use wooden spoon to lightly beat the egg whites until foamy, sift icing sugar over the egg and stir until smooth. Add lemon juice and stir until well combined. Put mixture in piping bag with desired nozzle.
6

Optional:
Add M&M minis to the biscuits with icing sugar