Swedish Ginger Christmas Biscuits

Makes 64 biscuits

Ingredients:

140g butter

1 cup (160 g) brown sugar

1/2 cup (175 g) treacle

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp ground cloves

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla essence

4 cups (600 g) plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

Icing, to decorate

Thin ribbon, to hang

Cooking Instructions:

Melt the butter, brown sugar, treacle, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in a saucepan over a medium heat. Set aside. Stir in the eggs and vanilla essence. Stir in the flour and baking powder until smooth. Divide the dough into 3 portions. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until firm. Preheat oven to 180�C. Line two baking trays with nonstick baking paper. Roll out 1 portion of the dough to 4mm thick between 2 sheets of baking paper. Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out biscuit shapes. Place on the trays. Use the end of a piping nozzle to make a hole in the top of each biscuit. Bake for 5-10 minutes or until golden and firm. Repeat with the remaining dough portions. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Decorate with icing. Thread with ribbon to hang on the Christmas tree.

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