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Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal131
  • fat6g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs18g
  • sugars10g
  • fibre1g
  • protein1g
  • salt0.1g

Method

  • step 1

    Mix the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon. Stir in the spices, lemon zest and flour, then tip in the candied lemon peel and stem ginger – you might need to get your hands in to bring the mix together as a dough. Divide the dough in two and shape each half into a log about 5cm across. Wrap in cling film, then chill for 1 hr. You can freeze the unbaked dough for up to three months.

  • step 2

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Slice the logs into 1cm-thick rounds, place on two baking trays lined with baking parchment and bake for 12-15 mins. Leave to cool completely on the tray.

  • step 3

    Mix the lemon juice with the icing sugar to make a thin glaze. Brush over the biscuits and leave to set. Will keep for three days in an airtight container.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2018

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Overall rating

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.18 ratings

misstechnophobe47666

Wasn't impressed to be honest. Not as peppery or gingery as I had hoped for.

DordieB

These are so tasty and so easy, I have made them multiple times and they never fail to deliver. I don't put the icing on as I often make them to go with a very lemony pudding but they still have a lovely citrus flavour. I also don't put crystallised ginger in as the ground ginger is gingery enough…

_Roo_

These are delicious! The black pepper makes them interesting, without them actually tasting like pepper. They were softer than I expected, I think I'd cook them for 20 minutes next time to get more crunch.

Frantic Flapjack

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

These were lovely and a change to heavy gingerbread at Christmas. The lemon glaze is lovely with the spicy biscuits.

patriciaf

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Made these biscuits yesterday and they are scrumptious!! Cooked half the dough and froze the other half in case we could not eat them all!! Silly me very moreish and go down a treat with a cuppa. Very buttery and spicy. Really love the addition of the pepper. Can't comment on how well they keep as…

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