Recipes Cookies & Biscuit Recipes Biscuits Cornish Fairings Back to Biscuits Cornish Fairings Total Time 25m Prep Time 15m Bake Time 10m Serves 18 Skill Level Easy 15 Reviews 4 star rating Share These traditional buttery and crisp biscuits keep well in a tin for 3-4 days - if you can save them that long. Method Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a pan over a low heat. 100g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature) 100g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar 2 tbsp Golden syrup Sift the flour, ginger, mixed spice, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt together into a bowl, then tip in the melted butter mixture and gently stir to form a smooth dough. 175g Allinson Self-Raising White Flour 2 tsp Ginger (ground) ½ tsp Mixed spice (ground) ½ tsp Cinnamon (ground) ½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda Pinch Salt Place heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture on to baking sheets, about 3cm apart to allow room for them to spread. Flatten slightly with a knife. Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool and harden on the baking tray for 10 minutes before cooling. Let's Bake The easiest way to follow a recipe Reviews 09 November 2020 5 star rating Needed fairings for a treacle tart recipe, as I have never heard of them googled this recipe and so easy to make and delicious. Won't be making treact tart with them, too much of a waste!! 08 November 2020 1 star rating Followed recipe to the letter but the biscuits came out very thin and flat and had spread all over the baking tray despite following instructions and only using one teaspoon of mixture. Looked like unrolled brandy snaps. 11 October 2020 5 star rating These are amazing ☺ 12 September 2020 5 star rating Make them at least once a week , family favourite. 04 September 2020 5 star rating Great biscuits. But this one not same as on show. I wrote it down as they were making them. Turned out great. 07 August 2020 5 star rating Made these today for the first time.....making again tomorrow as all have now been eaten !! 26 July 2020 5 star rating Great recipe. just got back from Cornwallarmed with the obligatory biscuit gifts,one of which being the Cornish fairings. I have to say this recipe replicates those beautifully if not better as they're home made.! 07 July 2020 5 star rating Amazing 30 June 2020 3 star rating Very thin Tasted and looked like a brandy snap before rolling up but tasted fine 30 June 2020 4 star rating Great simple recipe! 13 April 2020 5 star rating Easy to make and taste almost like the once you can buy at home (Cornwall) 25 March 2020 5 star rating Just made these and my husband, after eating half a dozen said they are too small and need to be thicker. Other than hitting him around the back of the head with a saucepan, have you any ideas how I could make them a tad thicker? Thanks x 15 March 2020 5 star rating Brilliant recipe. Absolutely perfect. Made exactly the amount said. Now my favourite recipe!! 13 January 2020 4 star rating Tasty I am 10 .I made them with my bff my dad said best biscuts ever!! 13 May 2018 5 star rating Very easy to make, took a bit longer than suggested however still not too long.We added some Crystallized Ginger and they were lovely and have had orders to make more.Great Recipe. Leave Your Thoughts Your Rating 5 stars4 stars3 stars2 stars1 star Email Your Review Ingredients Metric 100g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature) 100g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar This is the highest quality caster sugar available and is a great natural alternative to refined caster sugar. It has a warm golden colour from its unrefined nature and is fine grained with a subtle buttery taste, making it perfect for deliciously light sponges, shortbread and macaroons. 2 tbsp Golden syrup 175g Allinson Self-Raising White Flour Self-raising white flour is ideal for cakes, cookies and muffins, where a light and airy texture is required. The shelf life of self-raising flour is shorter than other flours as the raising agent will absorb moisture from the air over time 2 tsp Ginger (ground) ½ tsp Mixed spice (ground) ½ tsp Cinnamon (ground) ½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda Pinch Salt