{"id":5627,"date":"2020-05-03T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/?p=5627"},"modified":"2020-05-12T18:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:07:05","slug":"ginger-cake-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/ginger-cake-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginger-cake biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our &#8216;go to&#8217; morning tea biscuit treat &#8211; these biscuits are reminiscent of ginger-cake but in biscuit form &#8211;  and we love them&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>30g root ginger (peeled and finely minced)<\/li><li>100g butter<\/li><li>50g brown sugar<\/li><li>30g golden syrup<\/li><li>50g self-raising flour<\/li><li>50g plain flour<\/li><li>100g oats<\/li><li>A pinch of salt<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start by mincing the ginger. It needs to be quite fine; but if you like ginger bits in your biscuits, it is fine to leave some larger chunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5623\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Place the butter, brown sugar, golden syrup and ginger into a pan and gently warm over a low heat until all melted and mixed together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5622\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a separate bowl, weigh out the flours and oats and add the pinch of salt. Mix these together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5625\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB3-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour the melted ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5626\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/gingerb5\/\" class=\"wp-image-5626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB5-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5628\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/gingerb6\/\" class=\"wp-image-5628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB6-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using your hands (and this is a bit sticky) roll the mixture into small balls (this quantity should make about 14 balls) and place them onto a greased baking tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5631\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB7-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, press each ball down gently (use your hands &#8211; they are already sticky) to form the biscuit shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB8-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, bake these at 170C for about 10 minutes. Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking tray for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5629\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB9-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Move them to a cooling rack and try to let then cool a little before diving in. Yum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5632\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our &#8216;go to&#8217; morning tea biscuit treat &#8211; these biscuits are reminiscent of ginger-cake but in biscuit form &#8211; and we love them&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gingerB10.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfP4O-1sL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5658,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5627\/revisions\/5658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidashe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}