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

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 fudge

Ingredients
100g plain chocolate
200g icing sugar
50g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Line a square/rectangle baking tin (about 20 cm) with greaseproof paper

2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of boiling water then stir in the golden syrup and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in half of the icing sugar until dissolved then stir in the rest

4. While the mixture is still hot and soft, put it into the tin and press down to fill up to the edges and smooth out the top with the back of a spoon

5. Leave to cool, when hardened break up into pieces or cut into small squares