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Saturday, 2 April 2011

Ginger Crunch

This is a very easy, simple ginger crunch but delicious.

Ingredients
The Base
225g plain flour
100g caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon ground ginger
150g butter, cut into cubes

The Icing
150g butter
60ml (4 Tablespoons) golden syrup
300g icing sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons ground ginger

Directions
Preheat oven to 180c.
Line a 18 x 27cm baking tin with baking paper
To make base, put the flour, sugar, baking powder and ginger in a food processor. Pulse several times to combine.
Add butter and process for a further 30 seconds or until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Press the mixture into prepared tin and level off using back of spoon.
Bake of 20-25mins or until lightly golden.
Remove from oven and cool completely.

To make icing, put butter and golden syrup in a medium saucepan and heat until just melted.
Add the sifted icing sugar and ground ginger and cook for a further 1-2 minutes stirring constantly until smooth.
Remove from the heat and pour over cooled base.
Leave to set and Enjoy!

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