Ginger Gems - Home Economics

GINGER GEMS

150g Butter

½ Cup Sugar

2 tsp Ground Sugar

½ tsp Ground Cinnamon

2 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 Egg

2 cups Standard Flour 

½ tsp Baking Powder 

1 tsp Baking Soda

½ Cup Milk

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 (fan bake). Place gem iron or muffin tray in the oven to heat.
2. Cream 100g butter without sugar, ginger and cinnamon. 
3. Beat the golden syrup and egg adding a tablespoon or two of flour to prevent curdling.
4. Sift flour and baking powder.
5. Dissolve baking soda in the milk, mix flour into butter mixture alternately with the milk.
6. Remove the tray from the oven and put it on a wooden board.
7. Add about half a teaspoon of butter to each mould pr hollow. It will sizzle.
8. Fill muffin tins with the batter. Bake for about 15 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
9. Cool slightly then remove gems to cool on a wire rack.

The ginger gems were good; they tasted a little bit like muffins. For some reason they tasted a bit salty on the outside. The gems had a good texture and they were really soft on the inside. They turned out really good.

I think our team worked really well together with getting the mise en place, and cooking the ginger gems, and washing the dishes.