Ginger Biscuits
If you've got all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, softened and caster sugar, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 6 steps. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 6 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and baking tray. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and line two baking trays with parchment paper.
- Cream the softened butter and caster sugar together in a bowl until pale and fluffy, then beat in the egg and golden syrup until smooth.
- Sift together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture to form a soft dough, adding a little milk only if it feels too dry.
- Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls, place them well apart on the trays and flatten each one slightly with the back of a fork.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until the biscuits are golden and have spread and cracked on top.
- Leave them to firm up on the tray for 5 minutes, where they will crisp as they cool, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before storing in an airtight tin.
You'll use: Oven · Baking tray
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
Tips & common questions
How long does Ginger Biscuits take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Ginger Biscuits vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Ginger Biscuits is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Arnott's Ginger Nut 04.jpg (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.