Writing your letter to Santa before Christmas can be tiring work, so why not reward yourselves with the special Santa biscuits. These cute biscuits are great fun to make with the family and can even be left out for Santa on Christmas Eve. But remember they are only suitable for good boys and girls!
13 ingredients10 steps
Vegetarian
Ingredients
MetricImperial
For the Gingerbread Biscuits
350gAllinson's Plain White Flour
2 tspGinger (ground)
2 1/2 tspCinnamon (ground)
1 tspBicarbonate of soda
130gUnsalted butter (softened)
180gBillington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar
1Large free range egg(s)
4 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
For the Decoration
3 tbspApricot Jam
250gRed sugar paste icing
250gWhite sugar paste icing
10 (1 tube)gWriting icing
A selectionEdible decorations
Utensils
Large bowl
Rolling pin
Pastry brush
Sharp knife
Nutritional information per 117g serving
Energy 547cal
Fat 15g
of which Saturates 8.8g
Carbohydrates 97g
of which Sugars 70g
Protein 4.5g
Salt 0.44g
Method
Step 1
In a large bowl add the sieved flour, cinnamon, ginger and bicarbonate of soda, then blend with the butter until it turns to a consistency similar to breadcrumbs. Then stir in the sugar until evenly distributed.
Ingredients for this step
350gAllinson's Plain White Flour
2 1/2 tspCinnamon (ground)
2 tspGinger (ground)
1 tspBicarbonate of soda
130gUnsalted butter (softened)
180gBillington's Unrefined Dark Muscovado Sugar
Step 2
In a seperate bowl whisk together the egg and golden syrup. Gradually add to the other ingredients and blend until it forms a dough.
Ingredients for this step
1Large free range egg(s)
4 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
Step 3
Remove from the bowl and knead gently until you can form the dough into a ball. Wrap in clingfilm and chill for 15 minutes.
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, 350°F, gas mark 4)
Step 5
Once the dough has chilled, roll out and cut into rectangles and place on a lined baking tray.
Step 6
Bake for 10-12 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
Step 7
Once the biscuits have cooled, roll out the white and red sugar paste icing and cut into similar sized rectangles to cover your biscuits.
Ingredients for this step
250gRed sugar paste icing
250gWhite sugar paste icing
Step 8
Lightly brushed the top of the biscuits with apricot jam and secure the sugar paste icing in place.
Ingredients for this step
3 tbspApricot Jam
Step 9
To make the back of the envelope use a knife to gently make indents into the sugar paste icing in the shape of two triangles.
Step 10
To decorate the front envelopes, cut out a small square of red sugar paste icing and position in the top right corner to look like a stamp. Secure a festive edible decoration over the red sugar paste icing and use black writing icing to handwrite Santa's address.
2 Baker Ratings
Make these every year going to make a batch for Christmas my nieces and nephews love getting these one even try to post it
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I have made these for the past 6 years and my family and friends are always happy to receive them especially my great nieces and nephews who think you can actually post these and they would get to Santa Making another batch soon
