The new season of the Great British Bake Off is well and truly underway, as the remaining budding bakers return to the tent to take on three more challenges. Following last week's cake-themed episode , it's biscuit week, and the contestants will be trying to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their takes on bakes including Viennese sandwich biscuits and a "minty family favourite". For the showstopper, the bakers will be asked to craft their own biscuit puppet theatres.
As a strong biscuit that sets hard and brittle when cool, gingerbread is the most commonly used base for Bake Off's more ambitiously-constructed showstoppers. If watching Bake Off gets you feeling peckish, you may be tempted to buy yourself some sweet treats to tuck into during the show. But if you're in the mood for some gingerbread, it's actually pretty simple to knock up a batch of biscuits yourself.
This recipe from Tower takes 20 minutes plus chilling time, with the biscuits taking just eight minutes to bake. It makes 16 biscuits, meaning you'll have enough left over to share (or just for future tea breaks!) Here's everything you need to make air fryer gingerbread cookies. Air fryer gingerbread cookies Ingredients 250g all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 tsps ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp salt 115g unsalted butter, softened 100g brown sugar 60ml molasses 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract Icing and sprinkles for decoration (optional) Metho.
