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Oatmeal Cookies
Chestnut, Raisin and Oatmeal Cookies

A recipe from my Book ‘Food for Energy’. Delicious with a glass of warm milk at night or with a smoothie for a midday snack.

Oatmeal Cookies

Servings

Makes approx. 12

Ingredients

  • 150g softened unsalted butter or sunflower margarine
  • 100g brown caster sugar
  • 1 egg [medium] at room temperature
  • 50g cooked and peeled chestnuts or brazil nuts, coarsely chopped
  • 50g soft raisins
  • 100g plain flour
  • 75g porridge oats
  • Pinch of salt
  • Butter or oil to grease the baking tray

For Serving

  • Delicious with a glass of warm milk at night or with a smoothie for a midday snack.

Method

1.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
2.
Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and smooth looking. Beat in the egg until well incorporated.
3.
Fold in the nuts, raisins, flour, oats and salt.
4.
Spoon onto a greased, foiled baking tray, the size of golf balls, leaving room around each biscuit as they spread when cooking and gently flatten to approx. 1cm thick.
5.
Place in the oven and cook for about 15 mins, until they are golden around the edges and just cooked in the middle.
6.
Place on a metal rack to cool and eat straight away or store in an airtight container.
Author

Recipe by Sophie Braimbridge

Tags

Snack, Cookies, Oatmeal, Chestnuts

Categories
Dessert

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Sophie Braimbridge is a London-based chef, writer, teacher and cookery presenter, known for her innovative, witty style.
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