No chance chez moiā¦ THANK YOU!
Oooh oven temperature???
150c but I have a fan oven so I drop it to 140c
Iāll check the measurements if you likeā¦ unless youāve found the recipe online.
Many add other bits and bobs, but the basic recipe is best, I reckon.
I warn folk to use one hand to catch the bitsā¦ and we always end up laughingā¦
Thanks again - I was going to busk the quantities 
OH has brought the book, bless him
250gm SR flour
5ml ground ginger (I use 1 large Tspoon sometimes moreā¦ depending on who is going to be eating them, some like really hot stuffā¦)
100gm butter
150gm sugar (I use granulated 'cos thatās what I have, the recipe suggests castorā¦)
1 egg, beatenā¦
put the balls, well spaced 'cos they spreadā¦ onto baking trays and cook for about 40 mins.
Makes about 30 ballsā¦ so arrange your oven grills to take the traysā¦
they are done when slightly tinged with colour and sound solid when tappedā¦ they are actually hollow by this stage. Youāll know theyāre cooked when they look good !!
EDIT: These are nothing like Ginger Nutsā¦
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That is most interesting, thank you, @stella! I have a favourite recipe entitled āGingernutsā - again nothing like the packet things and they look very like the picture you posted. Looks like thereās a higher proportion of sugar/golden syrup in mine and more ginger and there is a small amount of grated orange rind. I shall try yours and compare notes as my partner has been dropping hints about them recently. I can post my recipe if you like but if you have one that works well, Iād stick with it 
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Mineās the basic, authentic recipeā¦ the others are probably just as delicious but they do use more ingredients.
the only change I sometimes makeā¦ is to coat a few of them with really dark chocolate (once theyāre cold of course).
I certainly wouldnāt vouch for the provenance of my recipe, although it is decribed as ātraditionalā whatever that means in this context 
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Sorry Angelaā¦ that came out wrongā¦ the original comes from who knows whereā¦ but there have been variations over the years and google will give loads of ideas.
My cookery book is a reprint from 1948ā¦ when ingredients would have been scarceā¦ so perhaps thatās why it is so simple.
Iāve always got lemons at homeā¦ so I shall try adding some grated lemon zest to my next batchā¦
and Iāve also thought about replacing the ginger with cinnamonā¦ perhapsā¦ (but not the same batch which have the lemonā¦)
Just as well the whole village like my offeringsā¦ or OH might grow too big for his boots
Sounds delicious 
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Iāll report backā¦ when I get around to bakingā¦
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I havenāt watched it, because I know I will cry.
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Ginger Nuts Recipe (NZ Womenās Weekly, which is the next best thing for recipes to the Australian Womenās Weekly)
2 tips - donāt cook longer than it says the first time even if the biscuits look soft. They harden considerably left to cool on the baking tray.
Iām a big fan of ginger so Iāve been known to use up to 2* the amount of ginger. A slightly relaxed attitude to the amount of golden syrup is OK too.
Make the roll that you cut the Ā£1-coin thick gingernuts off to go on the baking tray, about the width of the 250g round packs of Beurre Echire (about 6-7cm) in the supermarket, these seem to give the best size after they spread in the oven.
I have the famous NZ recipe for easy quick cheap 1-egg chocolate cake too if anyoneās interested
I never line the trays nonstick or greasing them with a smear of butter is just fine.
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My OH makes these, almost exactly the same recipie. She puts about 4 times the ground ginger in though as I like them very hot. They start off like large marbles and end up as flat, crunchy biscuits ā¦ Its magic.
Couldnāt do cinnamon though. Iām allergic to cinnamon, as is my mother.
I have their muffin etc book, it is marvellous. For the last 25 years, until last year, I have baked every schoolday evening to make the following dayās goĆ»ter for the famished horde (my children).
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A quick experiment with my water heater this morning showed it was the cheap Castorama own brand RĆ©ducteur de Pression causing my poor HW flow and not that my 2 year old heater was full of limes ale.
Now to find a replacement RdP which isnāt a flow blocking piston typeā¦
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Hurrahā¦ the log delivery arrived todayā¦
I put a call out for helpers so there were 5 (all codgers) lugging logs into their winter storage spot.
Halfway through, folk were flagging, so I called a haltā¦ at least the delivery is all under cover in the garageā¦ and OH and I can finish moving the rest, gradually during the next few daysā¦
But the really good news is that Iāve lit the fire !!! Hurrahā¦
Now that we have enough wood to see us through, I felt I could be extravagant and strike a lightā¦
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Lovely Stella! you must have been quite nippy if this is your first fire or do you have other heating as well?
As we donāt have CH I try not to ever limit my wood, if it is cold I light it! I know Iām very lucky to pay what I do however and may not feel the same if I was paying double!!
Just ordered my Friday night takeaway Iām so excited to have such a delicious meal to look forward to!
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