Name: Fruity cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes 20
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g butter; 175g soft brown sugar; 2 tbsp thin-cut marmalade; 2 tsp ground mixed spice; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 175g porridge oats; 200g self-raising flour plus extra for dusting; 2 tsp baking powder; 175g dried fruit - try chopped glacé cherries, apricots and sultanas; 100g nuts chopped (we used hazelnuts)

Home
Recipes
Fruity cookies

Fruity cookies

Good Food team

Save recipe

Makes 20

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 25 mins

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.24 ratingsRate

loading...

This easy yet delicious recipe was whipped up by the Year 7 pupils from the Priory School in Suffolk

Skip to ingredients

Alternatives

Complete the dish

Showing items 1 to 3 of 3

Pink lemonade

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.26 ratings

Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

200g butter
175g soft brown sugar
2 tbsp thin-cut marmalade
2 tsp ground mixed spice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
175g porridge oats
200g self-raising flour

plus extra for dusting
2 tsp baking powder
175g dried fruit

- try chopped glacé cherries, apricots and sultanas
100g nuts

chopped (we used hazelnuts)

Keep the screen awake with cook mode on the Good Food app.

Nutrition: per serving

kcal236
fat12g
saturates6g
carbs30g
sugars16g
fibre2g
protein4g
salt0.42g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix the marmalade with 2 tbsp boiling water. Stir into the creamed mix, then add the spices, oats, flour and baking powder. Mix in the fruit and nuts.
step 2

Dust your hands and surface with flour and roll the dough into a long sausage shape. Cut into about 20 discs. Place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment, spaced out as they will spread. Bake for about 25 mins until golden brown.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2009

Comments, questions and tips

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?1 star out of 52 stars out of 53 stars out of 54 stars out of 55 stars out of 5

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

CommentQuestionTip

Overall rating

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.24 ratings

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access for just £6. Find triple-tested recipes that take the stress out of deciding what to cook, spend less time planning, and more time enjoying the season.

Subscribe now