I plan to make something from both books. These are from the Christmas book and made at the special request of my boyfriend. He loves this sort of biscuit and as soon as he knew about them they had to be made! To be fair I like this sort of biscuit too, and I have dates left over from making Christmas cakes which need using. Still have plenty left though so need to put my thinking cap on to use them up!
I have adapted the recipe only ever so slightly. I am not convinced that 14g of walnuts is right, it may be a typo and I have taken it to actually be 145g. Whether I am right or not remains to be seen.
Peacekeeper spice cookies (adapted from Jenny Colgan, Christmas at the cupcake Cafe)
makes 34
110g butter
100g light brown sugar
118g treacle
egg yolk
tablespoon soured cream
375g plain flour
tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
tsp ginger
tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp mixed spice
50g raisins or sultanas
50g walnuts, roughly chopped
50g dried dates, roughly chopped
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add the treacle, egg yolk and soured cream and mix until well incorporated.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and spices. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing well after each addition.
Finally add the dried fruits and nuts and blend well.
Chill the dough for 1/2 hour to 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 160C/140C FAN and grease baking sheets, I did not grease mine but I know that it is very super non stick.
Roll out the dough ~1cm thick and stamp out rounds.
Cook for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden. Using a palette knife transfer the biscuits to a wire rack and allow to cool fully.
.JPG) |
| This dough rolls beautifully! |
Wow, I halved the recipe and still have ended up with 34 biscuits! Its a good job that they are delicious. They are spicy and light with lovely textures from the fruit. These would definitely cheer anyone up and keep the peace.
 |
| So many cookies! |
0 comments:
Post a Comment