Orange, oat & sultana cookies

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• Rosycheeks

  28 January 2011

  Rosycheeks rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are absolutely super little healthy biscuits, perfect for a mid morning snack with a coffee. I have made them twice now, and even my super healthy man has been tempted by the low levels of fat, making them an acceptabel post gym snack for him! I don't like sultanas, so I used dried cranberries instead. I didn't use nuts or chocolate the first time, but I did throw in some walnuts second time around. You could mix and match any dried fruit/citrus, and next time I am going to add a little mixed spice too. The perfect healthy biscuit, so so easy to make, about 20 minutes to cook, and delicious!

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• clairerd

  30 January 2011

  clairerd commented on this recipe

  I made these yesterday and they are really tasty. I thought they might spread while cooking so didn't squash they out much before they went in the oven and they have ended up quite chunky. Next time will definitely make then a bit thinner

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• DJW

  02 February 2011

  DJW commented on this recipe

  Is this correct cream butter and egg as you ususally cream butter and sugar then add the egg?

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• Rosycheeks

  05 February 2011

  Rosycheeks commented on this recipe

  Yes, it's correct as this is the same method that was in the magazine. It does look a bit weird, but when you mix the wet and dry ingredients it comes together beautifully.

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• Jean

  06 February 2011

  Jean rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made the sultana version this afternoon and they're going down very well with my hubby and two under 5's. As I am gluten intolerant I made a couple of changes - I substituted 40g millet flour and 60g stoneground rice flour for the wholemeal flour and I obviously used certified gluten free oats. Also didn't have any walnuts so substituted toasted chopped almonds. They are very tasty indeed, hopefully will make a good healthy lunchbox snack for nursery :-)

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• Foodie

  09 February 2011

  Foodie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've just made these cookies with my kids. They are very easy to make and totally delicious.

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• Beth

  09 February 2011

  Beth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Also found they didn't spread as expected so make sure you do squish them down.

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• PanClanger

  10 February 2011

  PanClanger rated and commented on this recipe

  

  these are lovely - made them from the recipe in GoodFood mag (when the method was wrong - whoever heard of creaming butter and egg together? - so adjusted it accordingly). Good GOOD cookies. Like other commenters, also experienced lack of spreading in the oven so cookies ended up looking more like rock cakes! but they are very nice indeed. Will know to squash 'em more next time. Used hazelnuts instead of walnuts - yum.

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• Sue Pine

  19 February 2011

  Sue Pine rated and commented on this recipe

  

  delicious and really easy.

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• ZeTallGerman

  02 March 2011

  ZeTallGerman commented on this recipe

  I haven't tried this recipe as I'm a bit confused about how "healthy" these are meant to be: 167 kcal and 9g of fat per cookie? Have a look at the recipe for "Triple Chocolate Cookies" on this same website: 167kcal and 8g of fat per cookie... no real difference there, so whilst we are kidding ourselves I think I'll eat "healthy" chocolate biscuits instead :-)

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• KPP

  02 March 2011

  KPP rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Used chocolate chips and squashed the biscuits as the recipe said and they looked a lot like ordinary chocolate chip cookies. They tasted great too!

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• d41d0y

  04 March 2011

  d41d0y rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely gorgeous! Although I don't know if you can really call any cookie "superhealthy". I used the zest of an entire orange, and didn't have any coconut so used 25g extra oats. Used 100g of choc and 75g sultanas as I was using up what I had.

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• r.wilson6637

  15 March 2011

  r.wilson6637 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These cookies are amazing. I just used SR flour and added mixed seeds, no vanilla essence but ground mixed spice instead! I doubled the recipe and I made 36. Make sure you do press them down as they hardly spread as you'd expect.

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• michelle's

  11 April 2011

  michelle's commented on this recipe

  Made these yesterday, didn't have whole wheat flour so I used plain instead and they turned out perfectly. Very nice with a cup of coffee and very simple to make.

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• cuoco

  24 April 2011

  cuoco rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have made these on several occasions, they are absolutely fabulous especially served with afternoon tea. This recipe is from Leiths, so there is no danger of any timing errors that so many supposedly "tested" recipes suffer from on this site. Some of the quantities in the ingredients have been changed from the Leiths version, I don't know why BBC GF have done this as the Leiths recipe works every time - I actually use the Leiths version. To answer the very good points raised about these being "superhealthly" at 9g of sat fay per cookie - Leiths don't claim these are superhealthy - just (quote) " little bit more healthy than some other versions".

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• Tallulah900

  29 April 2011

  Tallulah900 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made these for my mum, turned out perfectly! A week later, I returned home to find yet another batch made! Delicious :)

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• Naomi

  19 May 2011

  Naomi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  yum!

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• bakingqueen

  10 June 2011

  bakingqueen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  lovely with a cup of tea, this would be even more delicious with some treacle or mixed spice

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• Wartski

  29 June 2011

  Wartski rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very tasty and not at all heavy in texture. Perfect to go with a cup of tea.

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• sllyst

  01 July 2011

  sllyst rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely love these, you would never know they were so healthy and my 7 year old asks for them all the time!

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Ingredients

• 100g butter at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 50g mashed ripe banana
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100g light soft brown sugar
• ½ tsp grated orange zest
• 100g wholemeal flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g rolled oats
• 25g desiccated coconut
• 50g chopped walnuts
• 75g sultanas or dark chocolate chips

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Makes 16

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 30 mins

Cook 20 mins

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Ingredients

• 100g butter at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 50g mashed ripe banana
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100g light soft brown sugar
• ½ tsp grated orange zest
• 100g wholemeal flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100g rolled oats
• 25g desiccated coconut
• 50g chopped walnuts
• 75g sultanas or dark chocolate chips

PER SERVING

167 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 11g, salt 0.18 g

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