By Diana
This is a fantastic recipe that will never let you down! I was always worried about finding the perfect cookies recipe so when I get older my granddaughters and grandsons will have a great reason to come and visit the weird and creepy granny. Very easy to make and it doesn´t have to be cranberries and coconut, you can always swap the flavours for almonds or walnuts (if you are not a potential nut allergic like me), raisins or delicious chocolate. Is just a matter of experimenting!
This is a fantastic recipe that will never let you down! I was always worried about finding the perfect cookies recipe so when I get older my granddaughters and grandsons will have a great reason to come and visit the weird and creepy granny. Very easy to make and it doesn´t have to be cranberries and coconut, you can always swap the flavours for almonds or walnuts (if you are not a potential nut allergic like me), raisins or delicious chocolate. Is just a matter of experimenting!
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Ingredients
(It makes about 25 cookies)
- 100g porridge oats
- 125g plain flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 50g (2oz) dried coconut
- 100 g dried cranberries
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- A pinch of nutmeg
- 100g butter (room temperature)
- 100g light brown sugar
- 100g (4oz) caster sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
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Preparation Method
Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5. Prepare 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
In a food processor incorporate the porridge oats and whizz to obtain a fine powder.
Then in a large bowl use a wooden spoon to mix together the powdered oats, flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Add the coconut and the cranberries. Leave on the side.
On a separate bowl mix the sugars and the butter using an electric mixer. The butter must lose its yellowish colour. Keep whisking until the mix looks creamy and fluffy. It will take you about 3-5 minutes to reach this point. Add now the beaten egg and the vanilla extract. Mix again briefly.
Add this mixture (butter, sugar, egg and vanilla) to the large bowl and combine all the ingredients using a spoon or your hands, until you have a dough.
Now use your hands to make small balls (ping-pong size) and place them 5cm separated from each other in the baking trays, otherwise they will stick together in the oven. Leave the dough balls as balls on the baking tray; they will magically change into cookie-like shapes once cooked.
Finally put the trays in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, no longer. The cookies will have a nice golden colour. Leave them to cool down completely (if you are patient enough) and then enjoy!
For storage place the cookies in air-tight container.
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