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

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