Grannies Chocolate Chip Ginger Nuts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 50 g dark chocolate, chopped into little chunks
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 110 g self raising flour
• 10 g cocoa
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 50 g butter, cut into cubes
• 40 g golden granulated sugar
• 50 g golden syrup (about 2 tablespoons)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius, 350 degrees farenhiet or gas mark 4.
• 2 begin by sifting the self raising flour, cocoa, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl.
• 3 then, using your fingertips, rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrums and next stir in the sugar and chopped chocolate.
• 4 now add the golden syrup, then mix everything with a wooden spoon and finish off by squeezing the mixture together with your hands.
• 5 after that, divide the mixture into 16, and roll each portion into a ball.
• 6 place on a lined baking sheet, very well spread out as they will spread out when cooking, flatten each ball slightly, then bake on the centre shelf for 15-20 minutes or untill they have spread out and turned cracked and craggy.
• 7 cool on a baking tray for a few minutes then, using a palette knife, remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 8 then enjoy!