Ginger Snaps

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups self-rising flour (or all purpose flour with 4 teas baking powder added)
• 6 teaspoons ground ginger (i use 12)
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 2 eggs
• 250 g butter
• 2 cups caster sugar (and a 1/4 cup extra for step 5)
• 8 teaspoons golden syrup

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c (350f) or 170c for gas.
• 2 combine first four ingredients (flour, ginger, soda and eggs) in a bowl.
• 3 in another bowl, cream the butter with the sugar and golden syrup.
• 4 combine, mix thoroughly til smooth.
• 5 roll teaspoonfuls into balls, drop in caster sugar (fine sugar) and place sugar side up, onto greased trays, they don't spread heaps, but they puff up and then subside, leaving a crinkly top, so don't press them down flat or with a fork.
• 6 10 mins, maybe 15 depending on the size of your teaspoons : )) and how crunchy and brown you like them.
• 7 cool slightly on tray, then lift to rack.