White Chocolate Cranberry Oat Cookies

Makes 20
100g butter, chopped
60g soft brown sugar
1 large egg
60g of white chocolate
60g rolled oats
150g plain flour

1/2 cup dried cranberry (rehydrated by soaking in water)

1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp of cinnamon/all spice powder
Optional: 1/2 cup sesame seeds

Preheat oven 150C fanforced.
Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.

Cream softened butter with sugar, add egg and beat till creamy.
Sift in flour, cinnamon powder, baking powder, salt, stir to combine.
Add cranberry, oats, chocolate and combine.
Spoon a tablespoon of the dough, roll into ball and place onto tray. Place each ball of dough about 3-4cm apart.
Flour bottom of a glass, and depress on each dough to flatten.
Bake in oven for 13-14 minutes.
Remove cookies and cool on rack before storing/serving.

Bon Appetite!

Oatmeal raisin currant cranberry cookies

Today I suddenly felt like trying to bake cookies. I took a recipe out of the Baking Pan website, modified it, baked it, and it turned out delicious!

I am so pleased with this first attempt!

Chewy, soft and very light on the inside. Crunchy on the outside.

Bake 12 cookies - 1 oven size tray

1 egg and 1 egg white
Slightly less than 1/2 cup self raising wholemeal flour (or self raising plain flour will do too)
Slighly less than 1/2 cup almond meal
80g butter
1/4 compact cup of brown sugar
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup cranberry, raisins and currants mix
1 cup of brokened walnuts
1/2 tsp of salt

Preheat oven to 170 deg Celcius for fan force oven.
Lay alumininium foil on baking tray shiny side down.
Overlay with baking paper.

Dough
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, salt and whisk till airy and light.
Fold in flour and almond meal, oats, dry berries and nuts.

Baking
Using a tablespoon, scoop a large scoop of dough. Drop on to baking tray.
Keep at least 1 1/2inch space between cookies.
Bake for 14 minutes in fan forced oven, or till golden brown.
Take cookies out, remove entire baking paper (with the cookies on it) and place on a rack.
Let cookies cool for at least 1/2 hour.

Bon Appetite!