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German Heart Biscuits

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5 Reviews

Total Time
1h
Prep Time
45m
Bake Time
15m
Serves 20
Serves 20
intermediate
A little effort

About the bake

Gingerbread heart biscuits are traditionally seen at German christmas markets. These beautifully decorated german heart biscuits are incredibly simple to bake and with a batch of royal icing you can let you creative side run wild.

12 ingredients7 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).

    2. Step 2

      Sift the flour, baking powder and spices into a large bowl.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 750gAllinson's plain white flour
      • 1 tspBaking powder
      • 2 tspGinger (ground)
      • 2 tspCinnamon (ground)
      • 1 tspMixed spice
    3. Step 3

      Over a gentle heat, stir the butter, salt, sugar, golden syrup and treacle together until smooth. Add to the bowl and mix to a dough.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 225gButter (unsalted)
      • 1pinchSalt
      • 115gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
      • 200gSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
      • 150gBlack treacle
    4. Step 4

      Dust the work surface lightly with flour then roll out the dough to about 1 cm thick.

    5. Step 5

      Use a heart cookie cutter to stamp out your design and re-roll any excess trimmings to repeat the process.  Place each one a baking tray lined with baking parchment.

    6. Step 6

      Bake for 12–15 minutes, until the edges are darker brown than the centre. Cool for 10 minutes, then move to a wire rack.

    7. Step 7

      Make up the icing as directed on the packet and place in a piping bag with a small nozzle. Decorate each biscuit with your design and then leave to set.

      Ingredients for this step

      • For decorationRoyal icing sugar

    Ingredients

      • 750gAllinson's plain white flour 
      • 1 tspBaking powder 
      • 2 tspGinger (ground) 
      • 2 tspCinnamon (ground) 
      • 1 tspMixed spice 
      • 225gButter (unsalted) 
      • 1pinchSalt 
      • 115gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 200gSilver Spoon Golden Syrup 
      • 150gBlack treacle 
      • 500gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar 
    • For the Decoration

      • For decorationRoyal icing sugar 

    Nutritional information per 83g serving

    • Energy 390cal
    • Fat 9.8g
    • of which Saturates 6g
    • Carbohydrates 70g
    • of which Sugars 42g
    • Protein 4.2g
    • Salt 0.28g

    5 Baker Ratings

    I think the measurements are wrong for this reciepe. Far too much flour at 750g. Not sure if this is a typo and should be closer to 450g? My biscuits were really very very dry and tasteless. Please review your quantities.

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    Very tasty, I recommend very much!! A wonderful Festive Christmas treat!

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