Lembas Bread

• 2½ cups flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 110g cold butter
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp maple syrup/honey
• 1 cup milk
• ½ tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 220C.

Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.

Add the butter and mix with a fork or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly into the mixture.

Add the milk/cream and vanilla and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.

Roll the dough out about½ in thickness. Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet.

Criss-cross (DO NOT cut all the way) each square from corner-to-corner with a knife.

Bake for about 12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.