PERFECT GINGER BISCUITS

250 g margarine
6 cups cake flour
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 jumbo eggs
1 cup golden syrup
3 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons milk
pinch of salt

Mix the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and set aside.
Cream the margarine and sugar well for about ten minutes.
Add the eggs one at a time, mix after each, add the ginger and syrup. Mix well.
Add the milk mixture and mix.
Sift flour and add to the mixture.
Mix to a soft dough. Make little balls, place on a baking tray and bake in oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.

Note:
I rolled mine in brown sugar, before baking.

Photo: Dorathy Cape