Everydaycooks Honey Jumbles

Ingredients

85 grams butter, melted

3/4 cup honey

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons mixed spice

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

2 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons plain flour, extra

1 eggwhite

1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar, sifted

2 drops red food colouring

Preparation

Method

Bring butter and honey to the boil in a saucepan over low heat. Simmer for 2 minutes. Stand for 15 minutes to cool.

Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices over butter mixture. Gently stir in milk. Stand at room temperature for 1 1/2 hours or until mixture has cooled and become thick.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 4 baking trays with baking paper.

Turn dough onto a lightly floured board. Knead, working in a little flour, until mixture is no longer sticky. Divide mixture into 4 portions. Roll each into a long, 1.5cm-wide sausage shape. Cut each ‘sausage’ into 6cm lengths. Tuck cut edges under so biscuits will have rounded ends.

Place biscuits onto trays. Bake, 2 trays at a time, for 8 to 12 minutes or until biscuits begin to crack on surface.

Whisk eggwhite in a bowl. Add icing sugar, stirring until smooth. Add red food colouring to half the icing. Spread pink icing over half the biscuits and white over the other half. Allow to set. Serve.