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Chewy Ginger Cookies

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:01:01 +0000

Ingredients

150g butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup molasses or Golden Syrup
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups flour
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. salt
extra sugar for rolling

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F (200°C).
Cream the butter and the sugar.
Add the egg and stir in the molasses/golden syrup.
sift in the baking soda, flour, spices and salt
Shape into small (2 cm diameter) balls and roll in granulated sugar.
Place on greased cookie sheet. Do not flatten balls.
Bake for about 11 minutes.

Chocolate Oaty Cookies

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:50:19 +0000

Ingredients

200g butter
1 lightly packed cup brown sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
2/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 Tbs milk
3 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Cream butter and sugars well
Add in egg and vanilla and beat.
Sift flour and baking soda and mix into creamed mixture with milk.
Add combined oats, raisins and chocolate chips.
Mix thoroughly.
Put small (about 2cm round) spoonfuls onto greased trays.
Neaten and flatten with a fork dipped in water.
Bake at 180C for 12 – 15 minutes.
Cool on trays for 5 minutes at least as these come out very crumbly.
Move to a cooling rack once they stick together.

Notes

The recipe makes a large batch (60-70) of crunchy, chewy and very yummy biscuits.

Bicotti – low fat easy base recipe

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:31:16 +0000

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of flour
1 Cup Sugar
1/2t baking soda
1/2t Baking Powder
1 pinch salt
3 Large eggs Icing sugar for rolling it in
Optional: nuts, ginger pieces, cherrys, cocoa etc

Instructions

Put all ingrediants in a blender and turn on low until mixed and doughy (or mix by hand)
Turn out into board and roll in icing sugar (this can be messy/sticky, do your best)
Split into 2 long thing rolls, put on baking paper on an oven tray.
Cook at 180C/350F for 15 minutes or until cake like (occasionally a little longer to firm up in the middle)
Slice into slices finger width thick lay slices on their side and re-bake for another 10-15 minutes at 150C/300F or until toasted/crisp on the outside.

Quick Notes

Most recipes contain a cup of oil or butter, I especially hunted down and tested this recipe which is low fat and easy.

These make an excellent gift wrapped in cellophane with a bow for christmas, or served with coffee. You can dress it up with a dunk in chocolate, or leave them as they are.

Additional Ingrediants:

Spices: 1/2 to 1t cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom or ginger all seem to taste great

Citrus zests and juice: 1t of lemon or orange zes and up to four T of juice can be added to the mix

Extracts: 1/2 to 1t of almond, pepermint, or vanilla extract can be added

Dried Fruits: cherries, cranberries,apricots,raisins, or currents can be rehydrated in water, fruit juice or alcohol, drained and added to the mixture.

Nuts: 1/2 to 1 cup shelled, peeled, chopped nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, etc) can be added to the mix