Christmas Cookies

Servings: Makes 25 cookies

Ingredients

• 340g plain flour sifted
• 135g butter
• 90g dark brown sugar
• 50g runny honey
• 60g treacle
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground all spice
• Royal Icing sugar to decorate

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160C / 140C fan
2. Put the sugar, honey, treacle and butter in a small pan and place on a low heat stirring all the time until melted.
3. Then leave to cool for about 20 minutes.
4. Sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and add the spices and then stir in the butter mixture and the egg.
5. Mix together until you have a firm, smooth dough
6. Chill for about 1 hour until firm enough to roll out.
7. Lightly flour your surface and roll the dough to about the thickness of a pound coin.
8. Cut out the cookies and place on the baking trays (lined with baking paper)
9. Bake in the hot oven for 12- 14 minutes until cooked.
10. When cool decorate as desired with royal or glace icing. Royal Icing will set hard and will keep better than glace icing.