Sufra Dayma:

Honey Jumbles

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

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Makes about 20

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour

1 1/4 cups self-raising flour

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup honey

1 egg

3 tsp ground ginger

2 tsp mixed spice

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

125 gms butter

Icing:

1 cup icing sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp butter, melted

2 drops pink food colouring (optional)

Method:

Beat butter until creamy. Add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Mix in honey and egg. Sift flours, spices and soda together. Fold into butter mixture. Place mixture into a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle . Pipe 6 cm lengths onto non-stick baking trays, allowing room for spreading. Bake in a moderate preheated oven

at 180 degrees, for 12-15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. To prepare the icing: Combine icing sugar with lemon juice, butter and colouring until smooth. Spread over biscuits. Allow to dry and serve.