I was a demanding grandson and I wanted biscuits. These were my favourite and everytime we saw gran she would have made me several tins of these. They never lasted very long and I always looked forward to seeing gran so I could get more. Sadly gran is no longer with us, so I have to make my own biscuits to her recipe.

Ingredients

• hard margarine (4 ounces / 115g)
• golden syrup (1.5 tablespoons)
• black treacle (0.5 tablespoons)
• self raising flour (12 ounces / 345g)
• sugar (8 ounces / 230g)
• powdered ginger (2 level teaspoons)
• bicarbonate of soda (2 level teaspoons)
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

1. Place all dry ingredients (except sugar) into a mixing bowl.
2. Beat the egg in a separate bowl and then add to the dry mix and stir well in.
3. Gently melt margarine, sugar and treacle in a pan over a moderate heat, until runny.
4. Add melted ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix in well.
5. Roll the mixture into small balls in the palms of your hands about 2.5 centimetres in diameter.
6. Place the balls on a greased baking tray, allowing space for biscuits to spread out into flat shaped biscuits, during the cooking process.

Cooking

Pre-heat oven to around 160-170 deg. (lowest for fan ovens probably).

Not really sure how long, possibly 15 - 20 minutes or a bit longer; keep checking after ten minutes say but don’t open oven door too often, cooling the oven down.