You can use these charming ginger biscuits to decorate your Christmas tree.

Ingredients

• 225g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground mixed spice
• 50g butter
• 50g soft dark brown sugar
• 125g treacle
• icing and silver balls to decorate

Makes 15

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Timing

Cooking time: 45 mins

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/ Gas 4. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets. Sift the flour, baking powder and spices into a bowl. Place the butter, sugar and treacle in a pan and melt over a gentle heat, stirring to mix.
2. Add the melted butter mixture to the bowl and stir until the mixture forms a dough. Knead briefly until smooth. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to about the thickness of a £1 coin, and cut into shapes.
3. Re roll the dough scraps and continue cutting until all the dough is used. If you wish to thread ribbon through the biscuits, make a small hole in them before baking.
4. Arrange on the baking sheets and cook for about 15 minutes until golden and firm. Leave on the baking tray for 5 minutes before placing on a wire rack to cool fully before icing.