Chocolate Chip Cookies
A delicious sweet biscuit, to go with your morning coffee or afternoon tea.
3oz butter
6oz sugar, caster or soft brown
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
6oz self raising flour
4 oz chocolate chips
Cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add egg and vanilla, mix well.
Gradually mix in flour and chips. Line baking sheets with parchment
(do not stint on this it makes it so easy!) Put dessertspoonfuls of mix on the sheets,
leaving space for them to spread. Press each mound down lightly with a fork.
It sticks so do not fuss and do not bother about neatness. Bake at 180 o C for 12 mins (check at 10).
Flapjack
Ideal with your coffee or tea, or alternatively wrap pieces individually for an energy sustaining snack
on a walk or hike!
6oz butter
12 oz oats
6oz fruit (raisins, sultanas, choc chips, apricots anything you fancy)
4oz caster sugar
2dessert spoons golden syrup
Grease and flour a 2cm deep baking tray. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together
in a big saucepan. Make sure the sugar dissolves or your produce will be gritty!
Add the oats and fruit, mix well. Pile into the tin and press down. Bake at 180 o C
for 20 – 25 mins until golden. Cool in the tin, after 15 mins cooling cut it through
with a sharp knife but do not attempt to remove from the tin until totally cold and set.