Tamarind spice biscuits

Felt like making biscuits for some reason.  I love tamarind right now, and stumbled across this recipe - sounded quick enough and I had a couple hours before going apple picking.  Ate a few with some hot cinnamon apple cider - autumnal loveliness.

125g margarine
250g sugar
25g tamarind concentrate
1 tbsp ground linseed mixed with 3 tbsp hot water
3 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp garam masala or mixed spice (used lebanese 7-spice)
200g chopped glacé ginger (only had a little bit of crystallised, so used that instead)
250g plain flour
¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Also added a handful of oats

Beat the marg, sugar, tamarind and linseed mix until smooth, then beat in the spices and glacé ginger. Stir in the flour and bicarb evenly, then scoop small unshelled walnut-sized balls from the mixture, roll each one between your hands to smooth, and place 5cm apart on a tray lined with nonstick baking paper. Bake in batches at 170C (150C fan-assisted)/335F/gas mark 3 for about 15 minutes.


A week later, and these have been in a airtight box and I swear they got better.  The spiciness seems to have matured / intensified and they are a great texture.  Thumbs up from our friend who is visiting from the UK - she's been waking up early with jetlag and eating tea and biscuits for breakfast until S+I get up.