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We are a group of friends with children ranging from babies to almost teenagers. We regularly share our meal plans and recipes via email, facebook, twitter, etc. and have decided to get organised with a blog. Please note that we are not 'professional' experts in nutrition and all opinions expressed in this website are entirely our own and based on our own real experiences of raising and feeding our families.


Thursday, 9 September 2010

Oat and raisin cookies

This is adapted slightly from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "River Cottage Everyday". I've found that this is a good one for baking with the littlies, because, while it does involve melting butter in a pan, it doesn't involve any rubbing the butter in to flour and making breadcrumbs, which little S doesn't approve of at all.

125g unsalted butter
2 tablespoons of honey
100g caster sugar
75g light soft brown sugar (no, we don't always have several types of sugar, so go with what you have)
1 medium egg
150g plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
50g jumbo oats
150g raisins
(or 100g of raisins and 75g chopped roasted hazelnuts)

Melt the butter with the honey in a small pan. Put the sugars in a mixing bowl, add the melted butter and beat well with a wooden spoon. Beat in the egg. Throw in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder (Hugh says 'sift') and stir in. Then stir in the oats and raisins. You should have a 'pretty sloppy sort of mixture'.

Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and drop dessertspoonfuls of the mixture on to it, leaving about 4cm between each blob. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degC for 8-10 minitesm until they are turning pale golden brown. Remove and leave on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes to allow them to firm up, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

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