Honey jumble biscuits

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Spicy biscuit which taste gorgeous with a pretty royal icing.

60g butter

50g brown sugar

140g honey

190g cups plain flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp mixed spice

2 tsp milk

Icing

1 egg white

2 tsp lemon juice

190g icing sugar, sifted

Pink food colouring

Put the butter, sugar and honey in a small saucepan and bring it to the boil. Once it starts to boil, remove it from heat and allow it to cool for 1 hour – it will thicken up whilst standing.

In a bowl, combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ground cloves, mixed spice and ginger.

Pour the honey mixture into the flour bowl and mix.

Pour in the milk and mix to form a ball.

Take the dough mixture and put it onto a lightly floured work surface and knead a little. Be gentle.

Divide the dough into 4 parts and roll each one into a sausage shape. Cut each sausage into 5 pieces. Place each slice on a baking tray and press down to around 5mm thickness.

Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. They should still be a little soft when removed from the oven. Avoid baking them for any longer as they will firm up as they cool.

Remove from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking tray for 10 minutes before moving to cool on wire racks.

Icing

Beat the egg white until frothy and add the lemon juice and icing sugar.

Ice 10 biscuits and then add the pink food colouring to the icing mixture and ice the remaining 10 biscuits. Set aside to allow the icing to set.

Preparation Time
20 minutes

Cooking Time
15 minutes

Main ingredients
Dairy, Flour, Eggs

Recipe Type
Party Food, Cakes & Baking, Entertaining, Kids Food, Cookies & Biscuits

Special Info
Nut free, Pregnant Mums

Level of Difficulty
Easy