Honey Bee Biscuits
Soft, sweet and simple to make this recipe for delicate honey shortbread biscuits is perfect for spring.
Recipes
Posted 04 March 2021
Prep: 15 minutes (including cooking)
easy
Serves:
8
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 250g self raising flour
- 100g baking fat/butter
- 75g soft brown sugar
- 11g ground ginger
- 100g runny honey
- 8g ground cinnamon
- 5g bicarbonate of soda
- 1 fresh egg (just the yolk)
Method
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees
- Place the baking fat/butter, sugar, honey, ground cinnamon and ground ginger into a saucepan and place onto the heat
- Allow the baking fat/butter to completely melt, mix well
- Set aside to cool
- Add the flour, soft brown sugar and bicarbonate of soda to the cooled mixture and mix well
- Add the egg yolk, turn out onto a work surface & knead to for a dough
- Roll the mixture into equal sized balls
- Place onto a parchment paper-lined baking tray 3” apart to allow the biscuits to spread during cooking
- Cook for 8-10 minutes