Quick and Easy Cookies

My brother came to visit recently so I did some baking so I could be sister of the year!!! 😛

I found the following recipe on the odlums website and had to give it a go – this is the easiest cookie recipe EVER!

Ingredients

• 150g/5oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
• 75g/3oz Odlums Porridge Oatflakes
• 125g/4oz Margarine (at room temperature)
• 1 Egg
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
• 125g/4oz Shamrock Light Brown Sugar
• 100g Packet Plain Chocolate Chips
• 100g packet White Chocolate Chips

Method

• Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Lightly grease two baking trays.
• Put the margarine and sugar into a bowl and beat until mixture is smooth.
• Add the egg and the vanilla essence and beat again.
• Finally stir in the flour, oatflakes and chocolate chips. Mixture will be very stiff.
• Place teaspoons of mixture on the baking trays, leaving a space between each to allow for spreading.
• Bake for about 15 minutes until beginning to turn golden brown. Cool for 2 or 3 minutes on the baking tray, then, transfer to a wire tray to cool completely.

No picture im afraid my brother and hubby did a great job sampling the cookies as soon as they were out of the oven! They didnt last long even when they cooled.

Check out the odlums website for more easy recipes http://www.odlums.ie/

Christmas cookie trees

As you may have gathered by now i’m a fan of baking for others. I love to see their faces when i hand over the latest goodies 🙂 I came across a recipe for Ginger cookie Christmas trees and decided to give it a try!!

Heres the finished product everyone seemed to love them and were delighted to get a new mason jar too 🙂

Happy Christmas everyone!!!

Peanut Butter Cookies

Another Christmas recipe i am losing the run of myself this year!!! This one i found on the Odlums website, one of my go to websites for recipes.  http://www.odlums.ie so you can have a look. This was super simple to make and they really taste yummy.
WARNING – contains nuts. 

Ingredients:

175g/6oz Odlums Self Raising Flour
125g/4oz Butter (soft, at room temperature)
175g/6oz Brown Sugar
125g/4oz Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 Egg (beaten)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Lightly grease 2 flat baking trays or swiss roll tins.
2. Put the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
3. Next, beat in the peanut butter. Finally, stir in the beaten egg and the flour. Mix until the mixture is smooth.
4. Put teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet (a little apart, to allow for spreading during baking!)
5. Bake for 15 minutes, if you like them soft in the middle or for 25 minutes, if you like them crisp. – personally i prefer them soft so i left them in for 15 mins only.
6. When baked, allow to “set” for about 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire tray to cool. When completely cold, store in an airtight container to keep them fresh.

This recipe made 21 cookies. 19 survived after the taste test 🙂