Fruity cookies

Kids cookies recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has butter, brown sugar, marmalade, mixed spice, cinnamon, ginger, porridge oat, flour, baking powder, fruit and nut.

Fruity cookies

Fruity cookies

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Kids cookies
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Butter: 200g butter
  • Brown Sugar: 175g soft brown sugar
  • Marmalade: 2 tbsp thin-cut marmalade
  • Mixed Spice: 2 tsp ground mixed spice
  • Cinnamon: 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • Ginger: 1 tsp ground ginger
  • Porridge Oat: 175g porridge oats
  • Flour: 200g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
  • Baking Powder: 2 tsp baking powder
  • Fruit: 175g dried fruit - try chopped glace cherries, apricots and sultanas
  • Nut: 100g nuts, chopped (we used hazelnuts)

Directions

  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.
  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.