Very good cookie recipe

And to make double sure that the link doesn't break, here's the cookie recipe again:

250g plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa, or rye flour, or simply more plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
150g unsalted butter
3 tsp each ground ginger and cinnamon
1/2 tsp each ground cloves and nutmeg
100g Muscovado or molasses sugar
25g runny honey or golden syrup
1 large egg



Sift the flour, cocoa (or extra flour) baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a saucepan melt the butter in a pan with the spices then add the muscovado sugar and honey. Any lumps of sugar should break up in the warmth when squashed with a spoon.

Remove from the heat, leave to cool for 2 - 3 minutes then beat in the egg. Stir this in with the flour and mix everything to a soft smooth dough. Wrap the dough in waxed paper or clingfilm and chill or freeze until required.

To bake them let the dough soften at room temperature, then roll on a floured surface and cut into shapes with a hole for a ribbon if you need one. Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan), lift the shapes carefully with a spatula and place on a tray lined with non-stick baking parchment and bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Leave to cool on the tray then decorate with thick royal icing

I might have mentioned in the past that this blog doubles as a filing system. Some of the posts are for my benefit. Some of them are for my benefit and that of the readers who are kind enough to persist. And if you didn't, I would be here anyway, like reality. I like to make these things clear.