Ginger nut Heart Cookies
Ginger nut Heart Cookies is the recipe for you, if you are a fan of ginger!. Their firm texture makes them one of the best dunkable biscuits. These Ginger Heart Biscuits are incredibly delicious when dipped in tea or coffee.
Equipment
- Baking Tray
- Cookie Cutter
- mixing bowl
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour maida 130 gm
- ¼ cup salted butter , 50 gm
- 1/3 cup brown sugar powder 75 gm
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp treacle
- 1-2 tbsp milk if needed to bind dough
Ginger – spice mixture/powder
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp nutmeg powder
- ¼ tsp clove powder
Instructions
How to make Ginger nut Dough
- Firstly, in a mixing bowl sift all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder.
- To the sifted mixture add ginger-spice powder and mix well.
- In another bowl take butter. Add brown sugar powder and mix lightly. Then add treacle. Again, mix well till combined. You may use an electric hand mixer till light and creamy. In between scrape the mixture from the sides of the bowl.
- When the mixture is light and creamy, add the flour mixture in two batches to ensure uniform mixing.
- Now switch over to using your hands and bring everything together to form a dough.
- If need be, use some milk to bring the dough together.
- Cling wrap and dough and chill in the refrigerator for around twenty minutes.
How to shape and bake Ginger nut Heart Biscuits
- After 20 minutes, take out the dough from the refrigerator and unwrap it.
- In the meanwhile, preheat oven to 170°C.
- Roll out the cookie dough evenly into ¼” thickness. In case the dough is crumbly, and sides are splitting, dab some milk and roll. These are small tips that go a long way. Everything comes with practice.
- Now using a heart shape cookie cutter, make heart shape ginger nut cookies.
- Gently place these cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 10-12 minutes. The bottom of the cookies will be firm but the tops will be soft. Just take them out. They will firm up when in contact with air. Temperatures may slightly vary with individual ovens.
- Transfer the cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store them in airtight containers.
How to Serve
- Enjoy dipping the cookies with freshly brewed Coffee, Kadak Chai or Cardamom Caffe Latte. Serve along side Rustic Chocolate Cake Carrot Orange Loaf Cake or Chocolate muffins.
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Notes
- Instead of treacle, you may use golden syrup or honey.
- Do not bake more than 10-12 minutes. At this time, the cookies will be soft to touch, but will firm up when kept out.
- For stronger ginger flavor, you may increase ginger powder quantity by half a teaspoon.
- Check the expiry dates of the baking ingredients.
- For baking, make sure to leave some gaps in between the cookies.