Grasmere gingerbread from Cumbria is the best known.
It is a thin but chewy biscuit. 2. ). Grasmere Gingerbread Ingredients Plain flour - 225g (8oz) Bicarbonate of soda -½ tsp Cream of tartar -½ tsp Ground ginger - 2 tsp Butter - 175g (6oz), diced Soft light brown sugar - 175 g (6oz) Golden syrup - 1 level tbsp Granulated sugar - for sprinkling Method 1. Sieve twice.
175g/6oz lightly salted butter. Grasmere Gingerbread crumbs are also delicious as toppings over fruit or in winter crumbles. Reading this thread is giving me withdrawal symptoms as I haven't had any Grasmere gingerbread in years!
125g/4oz plain flour . Pre-heat oven to 170C / 325F / Gas 3. The poet William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, lived in Grasmere during the first years of the 1800s. Grasmere gingerbread is definitely more biscuit-like than cake-like. Rub in the butter, till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Grasmere gingerbread from Cumbria is the best known. Dorothy Wordsworth records in her journal a trip to buy gingerbread (an old-style blog! The gingerbread likewise became associated with special events in the church calendar, such as the feast of St. Oswald on August 5th. Description. This version, Grasmere ginger shortbread, is the closest I’ve come to it. Mix the flour, caster sugar, ginger and salt in a bowl. 4 heaped tsp ground ginger . 1 tbsp golden syrup. The chewy texture and spicy-sweet taste of Grasmere Gingerbread perfectly complements fruit, ice cream and frozen yoghurt. Preheat the oven at 350 degree F or 180 degree C. Sieve flour with baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and dried ginger powder. It is also fairly thin - a bit under 1/4 inch thick from memory. Mix sieved flour with soft cooking butter.
It is fairly hard - and definitely lends itself to dunking. Grasmere style Gingerbread Ingredients: 225g self-raising flour 75g golden caster sugar 3 teaspoons of ground ginger Pinch of salt 100g unsalted butter 1 tablespoon of golden syrup 2 eggs 50g mixed peel, chopped Granulated sugar, to sprinkle over the top. A Gingerbread In A Class Of Its Own, Flavoured With Heaps Of Ground Ginger And Given Texture By Oatmeal. It is also fairly thin - a bit under 1/4 inch thick from memory. 1 tsp cream of tartar. Mix the flour, caster sugar, ginger and salt in a bowl.
150g/5oz soft dark brown sugar. Sadly the recipe is a closely kept secret. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda. Method: Pre-heat your oven to 170°.
Ingredients Ingredients . It is a thin but chewy biscuit.