Comments on: Festive Ginger Christmas Cookies; Perfect for Christmas Tree Decorations

By: Gina Edwards

Gina Edwards — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:26:14 +0000

This is a fab recipe, the biscuits are lush and the dough is really easy to manage. The only thing I would say, is it does make loads and loads. I think next time I’d just need to do a half quantity.

Thank you for the recipe,
Gina

By: Polina

Polina — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:07:47 +0000

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, the recipe is perfect! Baked them an hour ago and they are delicious. Made about 45-50 cookies of different shapes and sizes and still have plenty of dough left in the fridge!
Thank you so much and Merry Christmas!
=)

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:07:25 +0000

This is a really lovely recipe, just what I was searching for. It makes a nice crisp cookie which holds a good shape. Thank you, Madalene.
I’ve used some tubes of ready made icing which I happened to have in the cupboard and I’d run out of icing sugar. The reindeer have red noses and holly and the Christmas trees have a garland line studded with tiny stars. My stars just have a spiral with a couple of silver balls stuck on, and angels have ruff collars. All quite simple. Some will be hung on the tree and some, without holes, I will pack for gifts.
I used half the quantity, incidentally, and have made about 85 biscuits! ( each about 5 – 7 cms).

By: anita creed

anita creed — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:09:02 +0000

How many cookies (roughly) does this quantity of dough make?

By: Madalene

Madalene — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:03:57 +0000

Dear Anita,
The recipe you refer to make approximately 30 – 35 cookies with the star cutter with a diameter of 3″.
Happy Baking,
Madalene

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:27:07 +0000

Hello. These are lovely! I was looking for a simple way to be creative and festive. 2 questions: Can muscavado sugar be substituted w/brown sugar? Is golden syrup the same as corn syrup or treckle (spelling?) syrup? Oh,one more query: spices? Are we talking cinnamon, nutmeg, and/or cloves? Thank you Angela

By: Madalene

Madalene — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:20:41 +0000

Dear Angela,
The answers to your questions are:
1. Yes you can replace the muscavado sugar with dark brown sugar, that would be perfect.
2. Replace the golden syrup with corn syrup but not Treacle , it’s too strong and dark for these cookies.
3. The spices is a mixture of ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
Happy baking!

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By: Faithpig

Faithpig — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:26:41 +0000

These look really nice, but does anyone know how long you could leave them on the tree for and then still eat them?

By: Madalene

Madalene — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:20:05 +0000

Hi Faith, They keep all Christmas but I hang half of the batch and keep some in a air tight container so that you can replenish the ones that’s been eaten. You must make sure you make the holes not too close to the edge as they will get softer and could break.Happy Baking!