Cookies are something I rarely eat. I never buy them from shops, and hardly ever make them, but I whipped up a batch to take with us to a rented cottage in the New Forest a couple of weeks ago. And they were really yummy! They're full of nuts, fruit and chocolate and are nicely soft and chewy.
You want to make the cookie dough about half an hour before you cook it, as the dough's better after a quick chill in the fridge.
Makes 15 palm size cookies
130g unsalted butter
125g light brown soft sugar
75g caster sugar
1 large egg
Zest of 1 orange
200g plain flour
1 slightly heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 flat teaspoon table salt
20g almonds
30g orange chocolate
20g golden sultanas
20g dried cherries
Mix the butter with the sugars and beat until light and creamy. Add the egg and stir in with the sugar mix. Zest the orange into the mix.
Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a separate bowl and mix. Pour into the sugar mix and stir until all combined.
Chop the almonds, chocolate orange, sultanas and dried cherries and add to the cookie dough mixture.
Lay a piece of cling film out and tip the cookie mix onto it. Flatten out and roll into a long cylinder, wrapping the cling film tightly around it. Refrigerate this for half an hour or so.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Once chilled, slice the cookie dough into discs, about an inch thick. Place 6 discs on each well greased baking tray, spread out as much as possible.
Cook for 8-9 mins until lightly golden at the edges.
Cool the cookies on a wire tray and then try not to eat them all at once!
You want to make the cookie dough about half an hour before you cook it, as the dough's better after a quick chill in the fridge.
Makes 15 palm size cookies
130g unsalted butter
125g light brown soft sugar
75g caster sugar
1 large egg
Zest of 1 orange
200g plain flour
1 slightly heaped teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 flat teaspoon table salt
20g almonds
30g orange chocolate
20g golden sultanas
20g dried cherries
Mix the butter with the sugars and beat until light and creamy. Add the egg and stir in with the sugar mix. Zest the orange into the mix.
Put the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a separate bowl and mix. Pour into the sugar mix and stir until all combined.
Chop the almonds, chocolate orange, sultanas and dried cherries and add to the cookie dough mixture.
Lay a piece of cling film out and tip the cookie mix onto it. Flatten out and roll into a long cylinder, wrapping the cling film tightly around it. Refrigerate this for half an hour or so.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Once chilled, slice the cookie dough into discs, about an inch thick. Place 6 discs on each well greased baking tray, spread out as much as possible.
Cook for 8-9 mins until lightly golden at the edges.
Cool the cookies on a wire tray and then try not to eat them all at once!
These look absolutely delicious Rose!! I know what you mean about not buying any cookies for in the house, when I've done that before I eat them all at once which is a bad, bad, idea ha! xx
ReplyDeleteThey are super tasty! And yes, they didn't last long! I think it's so much nicer, if we are going to eat lots of cookies, to eat ones that I know all the ingredients of!!xx
Delete