Halloween biscuits

Recipe for the biscuits is here

Cut the biscuits into halloween things like witches hats, bats

and gingerbread men with their arms, legs or heads pulled off.

Decorate with icing sugar mixed with a little water and food

colouring. Piping the designs you require on them. 

Enjoy!

Chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

325g Chocolate (roughly chopped)

125g Butter

150g Soft brown sugar

1 Egg

225g Plain flour

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

½ tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/ Gas 3. Line four baking trays with baking parchment

 or bake two batches at a time on two trays.

Put 125g of the chocolate in a small bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Avoid

the bowl touching the water. When almost melted, remove from the heat, leave for a 

few minutes, then sir until smooth. Leave to cool.

Whisk the butter and sugar together until a creamy texture. Then whisk in the egg,

followed by the melted chocolate.

Mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, salt and beat into 

the chocolate mixture. Add the remaining chopped chocolate. Form balls.

(I use an ice cream scoop to scoop the mixture onto the trays)

Leave plenty of room between balls as they will spread. Bake in the oven

for 12 minutes they will still be soft do not worry they will firm up as they cool.

When removed from the oven leave to cool for a few minutes before transferring

to a cooling rack to cool completely if you can leave them that long.

Biscuits

Ingredients

80g Butter

50g Caster sugar

1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

60g Golden syrup

2 Eggs

250g Plain flour

1tsp Ground ginger

1tsp Ground cinnamon

Cream the butter and sugar until a creamy texture, add the bicarbonate of 

soda, golden syrup and eggs. Sift the flour, ginger and cinnamon then add

to the mixture and using your hands bring the mixture together with your 

hands to form a ball shape. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for

10 mins to firm up.

On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/2 cm thickness. 

Now taking a cookie cutter stamp out your biscuits and place on a lined baking tray.

Bake in the oven at 180c/Gas 4 for 10-12 mins.

Transfer onto a cooling rack to cool.