Chocolate dipped Cornish fairings - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Biscuit , Ginger , Cornish , Fairings

1

Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C, gas mark 6) and line a couple of baking sheets.
2
Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and spices into a bowl.

For this step you'll need:
- 120g Plain white flour
- ½tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- ½tsp Baking powder
- 1tsp Ginger (ground)
- ½tsp Mixed spice
3
Rub the butter in using your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

For this step you'll need:
- 60g Butter (salted) cut into small cubes
4
Stir in the sugar followed by the golden syrup and mixed peel and bring together with clean hands or a mixer to form a dough.

For this step you'll need:
- 60g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 3 tbsp Golden syrup
- 2 tbsp Mixed peel finely chopped
5

Roll the dough into 20 large cherry sized balls. Place well apart on lined baking sheets and bake in the oven for 8 – 10 minutes until golden. Cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
6
Melt the chocolate and dip half of each biscuit into the chocolate to coat and place on a wire rack to set the chocolate before eating.

For this step you'll need:
- 100g Dark chocolate

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