Fruity cookies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 20
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)
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.
