It’s that time of year when everyone is doing Christmassy things and I have a whole heap of hoods who need to be chilling out and swimming. I seriously need some quick baking. And these cookies are quick! Literally toss the ingredients together, spoon them onto the tray and bake them. This is what you are aiming for:
And here is my helpful helper.
Let’s Meet The Players:
And let me just say that I have noticed, when it comes to posting and when it is far too late to go back and re-photograph things, that I have left a crucial ingredient out of every “ingredient” photograph since Hood 7+1 was born. So just treat the photo as a little bit of a puzzle, a stretch of the brain, spot the difference, whatever… and here are the players, really:
- 2 cups of flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
- 1/2 a cup of butter
- 1 and a 1/2 cups of fruit cake mix
- 2 Tablespoons of glace cherries and we chose red and green ones for Christmas.
- 1/2 a cup of sugar
- 1 beaten egg
- 2 Tablespoons of milk
Let’s Play The Game:
Step 1: In a large bowl place the flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice.
Step 2: Chop the butter up and place it in the dry ingredients. Rub your mixture until you have breadcrumbs.
Step 3: Add in the fruit cake mix. Chop the cherries and add them as well.
At this stage the help gets REALLY helpful!!!
Step 4: Add in the sugar.
Step 5: Beat the egg and add it to the mixture. Add the milk in at the same time.
Step 6: Mix away. And then place spoonfuls of mixture onto the baking tray – one can roll them, but we like the rough, chunky look.
Step 7: Bake at 200 degrees Celcius (400 degrees Fahrenheit (204.44 degrees Celsius)) until they start to brown, about 15 minutes.
And you are done!!!
Bon Apetito!!!
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Olivia // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:43 pm
That looks really yummy and Christmassy! And just up my throw-it all-together alley. Thanks.
2 se7en // Dec 19, 2009 at 2:02 am
Hi O, I am so grateful for throw it together readers – you have no idea!!! These are really good and I would say you can gift them in a jar… but they don’t last that long!!! Hope you have a great weekend!!!
3 wayside wanderer // Dec 19, 2009 at 5:04 am
This is my first visit to your blog and after seeing all the sneakers and the title about rock buns I was expecting a workout post! =) It didn’t take long to realize this post was not about getting my … uh … rear into shape! The cookies look delish!
4 se7en // Dec 19, 2009 at 7:20 am
Hi there WW, Thanks for the laugh! Have a good day!!!
5 Sands // Dec 19, 2009 at 8:26 am
You are missin the mixed spice. These cookies look very nice. Something with a Christmas cake flavour without the trouble. Take care and God Bless…
6 se7en // Dec 19, 2009 at 9:33 am
Hi S, Not only!!!
7 Sands // Dec 19, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Yes you are right both the mixed spice and the egg…
8 se7en // Dec 19, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Spotted S!!! Well done…
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