Perkins
Sweetly spiced biscuits, made with oats and topped with an almond. Perkins biscuits are the perfect accompaniment to a cuppa.
Ingredients
- 115 g Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- ½ tsp Ground Ginger
- ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ Mixed Spice
- 60 g Butter or Margarine at room temperature
- 85 g Caster Sugar
- 115 g Rolled Oats
- 100 g Golden Syrup
- 22 Blanced Almonds
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180°c (160°c for fan assisted ovens or Gas Mark 4) and line a couple of baking sheets with grease-proof paper.
- In a large bowl, sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, cinnamon and spices. Add the butter/margarine and rub until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
- Add the sugar and oats and mix to combine.
- In a small saucepan, warm the golden syrup until it is of a pouring consistency - this will only take a few minutes.
- Add the golden syrup to the bowl and mix to form a stiff dough.
- Roll a heaped teaspoon of the dough into a small ball before placing onto your pre-lined trays. Repeat with the rest of your dough to make about 22 biscuits, arranging them on the trays with a little space between each.
- Gently press the tops of your biscuits with the back of a fork, and top each with a blanched almond.
- Bake in your pre-heated oven for 10 minutes, until the biscuits have spread and are golden in colour.
- Leave to cool on the tray until cool enough to touch before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.