Prep: 15 mins | Cooking: 15 mins | Serves: 32

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup self-raising flour
1 cup EQUAL SPOONFUL
1 Tbsp. ground ginger
1/2 Tsp. mixed spice
80g butter, melted
1 Tbsp. treacle, warmed
1 egg
1 Tbsp. low fat milk
1 Tbsp. fined chopped glace ginger

CREAM CHEESE FILLING
125g light cream cheese
2 Tbsp EQUAL SPOONFUL
1 Tsp. ground ginger
1/4 Tsp. grated orange rind
1/2 Tsp. drops V UP
Vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Line 3 oven trays with baking paper.

2. Put flours, EQUAL and spices into a large bowl and stir until combined. In a second large bowl combine butter, treacle, egg and milk. Add glace ginger then add to dry ingredients and mix until a firm dough forms. Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls and arrange on prepared trays. Press down gently with a fork. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

3. Meanwhile, to make cream cheese filling put all ingredients into a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand beater until smooth.

4. Once biscuits have cooled, sandwich biscuits together with a little filling. Serve.

Nutritional Information

Energy KJ 213
Calories 50
Fat Total 2.6g
Carbohydrate 5g
Dietary Fibre 0.3g