Spiced Ginger & Caramel Bites

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter, chopped and slightly softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup plain flour
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 40 g butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c (350f).
• 2 lightly grease and line two baking trays with silicone paper.
• 3 in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until creamy.
• 4 beat in egg and honey.
• 5 in a separate bowl, sift flours, ginger, spices and bicarb soda together.
• 6 now, tip the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture and using a flat wooden spoon or long spatula or similar, lightly fold together until the mixture changes from a breadcrumb consistency and forms doughy clumps.
• 7 roll tablespoons or heaped teaspoons of the mixture into balls.
• 8 arrange on prepared trays 3cm (about 1") apart.
• 9 use two fingers to flatten biscuits slightly.
• 10 bake for 12-15 mnutes until lightly golden brown.
• 11 allow biscuits to sit on trays for a few minutes to firm, before transferring to cooling racks.
• 12 caramel icing:.
• 13 while the biscuits are cooking, sift icing sugar into a small bowl and set aside.
• 14 now, combine brown sugar and butter in a small saucepan.
• 15 stir over a medium-low heat until sugar dissolves.
• 16 add milk and bring to a boil.
• 17 pour caramel mixture into the icing sugar and whisk until smooth.
• 18 allow to cool until icing is of spreadable consistency.
• 19 using a knife, spread icing over the tops of cold biscuits and set biscuits aside until the icing sets.
• 20 (it may look like there's not a lot of icing for so many biscuits, but it is sufficient as long as you don't slather it on really thickly).
• 21 store in an airtight container.