These Ginger biscuits, hailing from Cornwall are better known as Cornish Fairing. With a perfect blend of warmth, spice and sweetness and a crunchy texture that's perfect alongside a cup of tea.
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Ingredients and substitutions for Ginger Biscuits
- Flour: Plain or all purpose flour is best because it gives our biscuits a nice light crumb.
- Sugar: Superfine or caster sugar helps sweeten the biscuits and give their lightly chewy texture without adding additional flavors.
- Baking powder: This helps our cookies rise so they are not stodgy.
- Baking soda: This helps our cookies rise avoiding a heavy dense cookie and helps to give them that golden color.
- Butter: Unsalted butter is used for the cookie, but if all you have on hand is salted, that works as a fine substitute, just leave out any salt suggested in the recipe.
- Golden syrup: The essential syrup needed to make these the traditional way, you could substitute with honey, agave syrup or brown rice syrup, if you prefer though.
- Spices: The ground ginger in these biscuits are the perfect amount of spiciness for a real kick. Whilst the ground allspice and cinnamon adds warmth and sweetness.
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make Ginger Biscuits:
Step 1: Dry ingredients: Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and stir in the sugar.
Step 2: Rub: The butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Step 3: Pour and stir: Add the golden syrup and stir until the cookie dough forms.
Step 4: Scoop and flatten: Scoop the cookie dough and flatten onto a lined baking tray.
Step 5: Bake: Until golden before removing and bashing the tray onto a flat surface.
Step 6: Serve: Once cool, serve alongside your favorite hot beverage.
FAQโs for the best Ginger Biscuits
While the classic Cornish Fairing recipe is delicious as is, you can experiment with adding extra spices like nutmeg or cloves to enhance the ginger flavor and create your own unique twist.
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Ginger Biscuits (Cornish Fairing)
Ingredients
- 160 grams / 1 cup plain flour
- 4 grams / 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 grams / โ teaspoon baking soda
- 7 grams / 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 gram / ยฝ teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 gram / ยฝ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ยผ teaspoon sea salt
- 100 grams / ยฝ cup superfine/caster sugar
- 80 grams / 3.5 ounces butter
- 66 grams / 3 tablespoons golden syrup
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C/350F and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Sift the flour, ground ginger, allspice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl.
- Add the sugar and stir to combine.
- Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Pour the golden syrup into the dry ingredients and stir to form your cookie dough.
- Scoop up portions of dough and place onto your baking tray, flattening slightly and ensure there is 1 ยฝ inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 9 minutes until lightly golden on the edges.
- Remove and bash the tray firmly down onto your counter to flatten the biscuits.
- Allow to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring onto your cooling rack.
- Serve up with a cup of your favorite hot beverage.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- Golden syrup: The essential syrup needed to make these the traditional way, you could substitute with honey, agave syrup or brown rice syrup, if you prefer though.
- Ice Cream Scoop: The scoop used here creates medium cookies with a diameter of 1.97 inches / 5 centimeters.
- Storing the ginger biscuits: Theyโre best stored covered in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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