Go Nuts About My Gingernuts Recipes

HARD GINGER NUT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Warm golden syrup in a saucepan over low heat, about 2 minutes. Allow to cool slightly in the saucepan.
• Combine flour, sugar, and ginger in a bowl. Rub in margarine. Mix in baking soda. Stir flour mixture into the golden syrup in the saucepan until dough is well combined.
• Take a small, walnut-sized piece of dough and roll it into a ball; continue with remaining dough. Space biscuits evenly apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are slightly cracked on the surface, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

GINGERED NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine nuts, candied ginger, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, and sesame seeds. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water over medium-high. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, 3 minutes.
• Pour sugar syrup over nut mixture and toss well to combine. Arrange in a single layer on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Bake until nuts are golden, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool completely on sheet on a wire rack before breaking into bite-size pieces.

GO NUTS ABOUT MY GINGERNUTS

Steps:

• combine butter, sugar and golden syrup in pan.
• stir over heat until butter is melted.
• remove from heat.
• stir in sifted dry ingredients.
• stand until mixture feels warm to the touch.
• roll 2 level teaspoons of mixture into balls.
• place on greased oven trays, about 3cm apart.
• flatten slightly.
• bake in moderate oven about 12 minutes or until browned.
• loosen biscuits.
• cool on trays.
• (can be made a week ahead, store in an airtight container, can freeze).