Treacle Orange Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ cups fine flour
• 1 ¾ cups treacle (molasses)
• 6 oz candied orange peel, finely chopped
• ¾ cup moist sugar
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground allspice
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• ¼ cup milk

Method

1. 1 Sift flour into a large bowl. Add treacle, chopped orange peel, sugar, ginger, and allspice.
2. 2 Melt butter until liquid. Combine with dry ingredients and mix well until a cohesive dough forms.
3. 3 Cover and let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 12 hours to firm up.
4. 4 Preheat oven to 300°F. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to ½ inch thickness.
5. 5 Cut into 3x2 inch rectangles. Place on a baking sheet ¼ inch apart. Brush with egg yolk mixed with milk.
6. 6 Bake for 15 minutes. Remove and immediately slice between cookies with a knife to separate.