Yorkshire gingernuts with lime
THIS gingernut becomes a sandwich biscuit with a zesty lime filling. There’s a zing of lime in the biscuit, too.
MAKES 24
100g unsalted butter 25g golden syrup 1 egg, beaten 350g self-raising flour 100g soft light brown sugar 100g light muscovado sugar 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 12g ground ginger 10g mixed spice Finely grated zest of 3 unwaxed limes Juice of 1 lime
FOR THE FILLING
25g unsalted butter, softened 100g full-fat cream cheese 300g icing sugar Finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lime Juice of ¼ lime
STEP 1 Heat the oven to 180c/ 160c fan/350f/gas 4. Put the butter and syrup in a medium pan over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until
the butter melts. Remove from the heat and leave to cool a little, then add the egg and stir to combine.
STEP 2 Sift the flour into a large bowl. Add the sugars, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and mixed spice and make a well in the centre. Pour the warm buttery mixture into the well, along with the lime zest and juice, then mix together with a wooden spoon until everything starts to combine.
STEP 3 Bring the dough together with your hands and shape into a ball, but don’t knead it.
STEP 4 Divide the dough into 48 pieces, each weighing about 15g, and roll each piece into a ball with your hands. Place 12, evenly spaced apart, on each baking sheet. Gently flatten the balls, ensuring all are the same size
STEP 5 Put 2 baking sheets in the oven at a time and bake the
biscuits for 15 minutes, until golden around the edges but soft in the middle. They will harden once cooled. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the tray for 2 minutes before placing on wire racks to cool completely.
STEP 6 To make the filling, beat the butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, and lime zest and juice until soft and fluffy, but firm enough to pipe.
STEP 7 Spoon into a large piping bag fitted with a 0.5cm round nozzle. Turn half the biscuits undersides upwards and pipe on the filling. Sandwich with the remaining 24 biscuits (undersides downwards), gently squeezing to spread the filling to the edges.