Orange Ginger Biscuits

This is part two of my Bake Off Bakealong, and this week was biscuit week, I will admit that biscuits aren't my strong suit, but these were inspired by an orange and ginger tea I used to drink years ago when I was still in school.

cream the unsalted butter and caster sugar together until light and smooth. Crack in the egg and vanilla extract and beat. Add the zest of an orange and mix until combined. Add the flour, salt and ground ginger and fold until it is all mixed in and a dough has formed. Wrap in cling film and chill for an hour until firm.

Remove from the fridge and roll out thinly, cut into rounds with a cookie cutter and bake on high for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Transfer the biscuits to a cooling rack to cool completely before icing.

Juice the orange and measure 8 tablespoons of icing sugar into a bowl, add the orange food colouring and a tablespoon of juice and mix until smooth, you may need to add more juice if it is too dry, though the icing should be smooth and viscous, Using a spoon cover the tops of the biscuits with orange icing and leave in the fridge for the icing to harden completely before serving.

ingredients

for the biscuits
90g unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
1 egg
1/2tsp vanilla extract
200g self-raising flour
pinch salt
zest of 1 orange
1tbsp ground ginger

for the icing
8tbsp icing sugar
juice of 1 orange
1/2tsp orange food colouring