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65g / 2 ½ oz butter, softened
50g / 2oz Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Caster Sugar
50g / 2oz Lyle’s Golden Syrup
1 (size3) egg yolk
12.5ml ½ tbsp milk
175g / 6oz plain flour
2.5ml / ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
5ml / 1tsp ground cinnamon
10ml / 2tsp ground ginger
To decorate
100g / 4oz Fairtrade plain chocolate, melted
hundreds and thousands
a little grated Fairtrade chocolate |
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Instructions
1. Cream together the butter and cane sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the syrup, egg yolk and milk.
2. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices and fold into the creamed mixture.
3. Lightly knead the dough on floured surface. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes. Then roll out to 5mm / ¼ in and cut into star shapes using a 5cm / 2in star shape cutter and place on parchment paper lined baking trays.
4. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 about 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
5. To decorate, brush the tips of each star generously with chocolate and dip into the hundreds and thousands and grated chocolate. Place on a wire rack to set. |
