Ginger biscuits

Ingredients

200g self raising flour
100g sugar

75g butter

2 tsp ginger powder

4 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg, beaten

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix the flour, sugar and ginger powder in a bowl

3. Rub in the butter to make breadcrumbs

4. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix well

5. Place lumps of the mixture on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins until brown

Makes approx 30

Biscuits

Ingredients
225 self raising flour
100g butter
100g sugar
1 egg, beaten
A few drops of vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°C / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make bread crumbs

3. Add vanilla essence and egg and mix to make a dough

4. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Makes approx 30

Chewy cherry biscuits

Ingredients
30g demerara (brown) sugar
50g butter
3 tablespoon golden syrup
50g plain flour
50g glace cherries (chopped)
30g cornflakes (crushed)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4. Grease 2 baking trays

2. Melt the sugar, butter and golden syrup over a low heat. Stir in the flour

3. Add the cherries and cornflakes and stir

4. Put spoonfuls of the mixture onto the trays, well spaced out

5. Bake for 10 minutes

Makes about 10

Rocky road

Ingredients
300g plain chocolate, broke up
125, butter
100g digestive biscuits, broken into small chunks
100g mini marshmallows
3 tbsp golden syrup

1. Line a square tin (about 20 x 20cm) with greaseproof paper

2. Melt the chocolate  and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water

3. Stir in the golden syrup and biscuits

4. Remove from the heat and stir in the marshmallows

5. Pour into the tin and leave to cool then put in the fridge until ready to eat

Makes about 20

Chocolate cheesecake

Ingredients

200g digestive biscuits (crushed into crumbs)

2 tbsp cocoa powder

150g butter

900g soft cheese

4 eggs

200g milk chocolate

200g sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 150°C / 300°F / gas 2. Grease a loose bottomed tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper

2. Melt butter. In a bowl, mix biscuit crumbs and cocoa powder together then add the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the tin

3. Mix the soft cheese, sugar and vanilla essence then add the eggs and mix, one at a time. 

4. Melt the chocolate then add the cheese mixture slowly and mix

5. Put the cheese/chocolate mixture into the tin on top of the base and bake for 40 minutes or until set (should still be a bit soft in the middle)

6. Leave to cool then refridgerate for 12 hours. Decorate as desired

Cheese biscuits

Ingredients
100g self raising flour
75g cheese (mature cheddar etc)
50g butter
pinch of salt
1tsp mustard powder
1 egg (beaten)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix flour, salt and mustard poweder

3. Add butter and mix to make breadcrumbs. Add cheese

4. Add egg and mix to make dough

5. Roll out to about 5mm thick and cut out circles

6. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients
225g self raising flour
100g sugar
100g butter
1 egg (beaten)
a few drops vanilla essence
100g plain chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make breadcrumbs

3. Add vanilla essence, egg and chocolate chips and mix to make a dough

4. Pull off small balls of the dough and make rough cookie shapes

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes