Belgium Biscuits

Name: Belgium Biscuits
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 250g Butter, softened; ½ c Brown Sugar; 2 Eggs; 4 c Plain Flour; 2 t Baking Powder; 2 t Cinnamon powder; 2 t Ground Ginger; 2 t Mixed Spice; 1 t Cocoa; 1.5 to 2 cups Icing Sugar (add little more if required); ½ t Raspberry or Vanilla essence; Few drops Red Food Colouring; Water; ½ c Raspberry Jam

1 step

Prep:30minCook:15min

Updated at: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:15:51 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories290.5 kcal (15%)

Total Fat12 g (17%)

Carbs42.7 g (16%)

Sugars20.6 g (23%)

Protein3.7 g (7%)

Sodium68.2 mg (3%)

Fiber1 g (4%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

18 servings

250gbutter

softened

½ cBrown Sugar

2eggs

4 cPlain Flour

2 tbaking powder

2 tCinnamon powder

2 tGround Ginger

2 tMixed Spice

1 tCocoa

Icing:

1 ½ cupsIcing Sugar

add little more if required

½ tRaspberry essence

or Vanilla

3 dropsred food colouring

water

Filling:

½ cRaspberry Jam

Instructions

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice and cocoa altogether. Mix into the creamed mixture to make a firm dough. On a lightly floured board roll dough out to 3mm thickness. Cut out rounds using a 6.5cm cutter. Arrange on greased oven tray and bake until golden. When cold, ice half the biscuits. Spread the un-iced biscuits with raspberry jam and place iced biscuits on top ICING: Mix icing sugar with essence and colouring. Add sufficient water to make a pink spreadable icing.the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice, and cocoa together