Ingredients:

• 2 cups – plain flour
• 1 cup – castor Sugar
• 125 g – Butter
• 1 – small Egg
• 1/2 tsp – bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp – Cinnamon
• 1 pinch – salt
• 2 tsp – ground Ginger
• 1 tsp – golden syrup

Method:

1. Sift flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon, salt and ginger in a basin.
2. Rub it in butter until the mixture gets fine consistent crumbs.
3. Beat egg with golden syrup and add it to the dry ingredients.
4. Work up a firm dough with hand.
5. Roll it into small balls and place on a lightly greased oven trays about 5 cm (2 inch) apart.
6. Bake it on a moderately low oven, heat for 15 minutes.
7. Cool it on a tray.