Baobab Christmas Tree
Baobab Christmas Tree Ginger Biscuits. An African Christmas tree made out of two interlocking ginger biscuits, baked with Natura Sugars Light Muscovado Sugar for extra flavour and decorated with white baking chocolate.
INGREDIENTS
Cake Flour 300g
Ground Ginger 2 teaspoons
Mixed Spice 1 teaspoon
Butter 120g
Natura Sugars Light Muscovado Sugar 120g
Golden Syrup 3 tablespoons
Bicarbonate of Soda 1 teaspoon
Hot Water 2 teaspoons
White Baking Chocolate 100g, for decorating
METHOD
Sift the flour, ginger and mixed spice into a bowl and set aside. Put the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan, turn up the heat and stir until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. In a cup dissolve the bicarbonate of soda with the hot water and add it to the hot liquid mixture, this will cause it to froth up, stir together quickly then pour into the dry ingredients and mix together well until a dough forms.
Divide the dough in half, keeping one half wrapped in a piece of plastic wrap until you’re ready to use it, as its easier to work with the dough when it is warm. Roll out the other half of the dough approximately 6mm thick between two sheets of plastic wrap. Remove the top layer of plastic wrap and cover with a sheet of baking paper then turn it over and remove the second sheet of plastic wrap. You can now cut out the biscuit shapes and remove the excess dough without having to move the uncooked biscuits.
Bake at 180˚C for 8 to 10 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don’t burn. It is better to bake similarly sized biscuits together as the different sizes will cook for different times.
Remove from the oven and while still hot re-cut the slots in the trees as they would have closed up a bit during baking then allow to cool and harden.
To decorate melt the white baking chocolate in the microwave, spoon into a piping bag and decorate the biscuits. Once the chocolate has set you can assemble the biscuits together.
Click on the link below to download a PDF of the Baobab Christmas Tree Ginger Biscuits template.
