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Sweety Trees
Sweety Trees is a modern British recipe for a classic Christmas biscuit (cookie) made from a basic dough cut into Christmas shapes decorated with coloured icing (frosting) and small jelly candies. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Sweety Trees.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
30 minutes
Total Time:
50 minutes
Makes:
8
Rating: 
Tags : Spice RecipesBaking RecipesBritish Recipes
Here is a classic Christmas biscuit (cookie), ideal for getting kids involved in making it and is a great Christmas treat for the children in an of itself.
Ingredients:
100g plain flour
1/2 tsp (level) ground ginger
1/2 tsp (level) bicarbonate of soda
50g margarine
50g caster sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup (light corn syrup)
To Decorate:
25g icing sugar, sifted
1 tsp water
1 pack of small candies (eg jelly tots)
Method:
Sift together the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add the margarine and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Form a well in the centre and set aside. Add the caster sugar and golden syrup to a small pan and heat gently until melted. Pour this into the well in the centre of the flour mix and work into the flour to form a dough. Set aside until cooled.
Turn onto a lightly-floured work surface and roll out to about 5mm thick. Cut the dough into eight equilateral triangles with 10cm sides. Cut a 3cm long trunk in the base edge (as in the picture, above).
Transfer the biscuits onto a greased baking tray, then place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 15 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown.
Allow to cool on the baking tray for 10 minutes, the transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
When cool, mix together the icing sugar and water to form an icing. Dip the base of a jelly tot into the icing and stick onto the trees. Tie a coloured ribbon around the trunks.
Serve or store.
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