Ginger butter biscuits

These ginger biscuits and excellent served with ginger-flavoured sorbet and just eaten by themselves.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 16 Mins

Total Time: 1 Hr

Ingredients

For 12 servings…

100 gms          Butter       

90 gms            Sugar  - caster        

100 gms          Flour        

20 gms            Cornflour   

1 tsp               Baking powder        

1 tsp               Ginger  - ground      

Method

Preheat an oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Cream the butter with the sugar in a bowl.  Add the remaining ingredients, mix well and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Roll a walnut-sized teaspoon of biscuit dough to make a ball and then repeat to make six balls (using half the biscuit dough).  Space them evenly on the baking tray.  The biscuits spread significantly, so allow room between then for this to happen.  Bake in the oven for eight minutes, until they have flattened and started to turn golden.  Remove, leave to cool and harden on the tray for five minutes, and then slide them off with a palette knife.

Repeat the process with the remaining biscuit dough.

Store in an airtight container until required.