Ginger Nuts

[Seraphina]

No sniggering...this is a SERIOUS post

We've got a real hankering for Ginger Nuts and we can't get decent ones here in the Med. They ought to be easy enough to make and I have found a recipe that sounds really good....

Ginger Nut Biscuits Recipe with Flour, Golden Syrup, Butter, Demerara Sugar, Ground Ginger and Lemon Essence.
INGREDIENTS
8 oz (225g) Flour
4 oz (100g) Golden Syrup
A Knob of Butter
4 oz (100g) Demerara Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
10 Drops of Lemon Essence
1/4 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
METHOD

Rub the butter into the flour; add the sugar, ginger and lemon essence. Then mix in the golden syrup, and lastly the soda. Roll out, cut into biscuits and bake in a moderate oven (190C, 375F, Mark 5) for about 15 minutes until crisp.

Based on the Ginger Nut Biscuits recipe in:
Home Cookery Illustrated
by Anon (Odhams Press, Circa 1955).

The problem is that we can't get Golden Syrup here. Of course GS is 'partially inverted refiner's syrup' and I know how to invert sugar but how do I invert it to the correct level and neutralise the acid (or do I need to?). Or can I use something else instead of GS? I can usually get dem or a suitable darker sugar but I am drawing a blank with the GS. To be able to make passable GS would be really nice.....'treacle' pud

I thought I'd use baking powder instead of the lemon essence and bicarb (I buy handy little foil sachets that work well and keep well). If we need lemon we can add a touch of fresh but I'm not sure that that's the right thing to do from the point of view of flavour?

Any suggestions or alternative recipes would be much appreciated.

[Funkstar]

No sniggering...this is a SERIOUS post

Providing i remember (so word of warning, it might not happen) I'll have a look at a couple of books at my mums, see if i can find an alternative for you. There are a couple of recipe books there I think will have something similar.