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Grandma’s Oatmeal Biscuits / Cookies

Simply the best ‘cookies’ you will taste anywhere. Whilst we cannot guarantee that consuming quantities of these will lead you to lose inches off you waist, we can guarantee you will earn brownie points with the rest of your family.
Ingredients
  • 8oz (225g) of butter
  • 8 oz (225g) of brown sugar
  • 8oz (225g) of granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 6 oz (175g) of plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 10 oz (300g) Organic Pertwood Porridge Oats
  • Chopped nuts, raisins, chocolate chunks (to taste – but we advise adding them all)
Method
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350oF/175oC.
  2. Cream butter and sugars.
  3. Add vanilla and egg, followed by dry ingredients.
  4. Drop by small teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 8-9 minutes until very light golden colour.

Labels: Cookies, Oatmeal Biscuits, pertwood

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

posted by Admin at 11:49 am 0 comment

Chai Spiced Tea Bread

Ingredients

  • 225g luxury dried fruit
  • 50g glace cherries, halved
  • 50g ready to eat dried apricots, roughly chopped
  • 100g soft brown sugar
  • 4tbsp Drink Me Spiced Chai
  • 100ml boiling water
  • 25g blanched almonds, chopped
  • 225g self raising fl our 3 large eggs, beaten
Method
  1. In a bowl combine the dried fruit, cherries, apricots, and sugar.
  2. In a jug mix the Spiced Chai with a little of the boiling water to dissolve it then stir in the remainder of the boiling water.
  3. Pour the Spiced Chai mixture over the fruit mix, stir thoroughly then cover and leave for 2 hours.
  4. Preheat the oven to 160c/325f/gas mark 3 and line a 900g (2lb) loaf tin.
  5. In a clean bowl combine the almonds and flour. Then make a well in the centre and stir in the fruit and Spiced Chai mixture.
  6. Add the beaten eggs and stir until well mixed. Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin and smooth over the surface.
  7. Cook on the middle shelf in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or until well risen and golden (and a skewer when inserted into the centre comes out clean.)
  8. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tin before turning out.
To serve, cut into slices when completely cool.

Labels: Spiced Chai, bread

Thursday, January 14, 2010

posted by Admin at 10:02 am 0 comment