Let's Bake!

2009-03-12, 8:26 p.m.
Off work with a bad back?

Only able to shuffle about in the kitchen?

Bit bored? Bit hungry?

Let�s make COOOOOOOOKIIEEEEEEEEES!!!!!

First off, pre-heat the oven to 180C (300F?/Gas Mark 4) and assemble your ingredients:

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That�s

  • 6oz butter(unsalted if you have it but don�t go crazy � even margarine will do if you got severe cookie hunger)

  • 1 (arbitrary half pint) coffee mug each of self raising flour and oats

  • 6 tablespoons sugar (any sort - brown/white/muscavado)

  • 1 heaped teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda (or baking powder if that�s all you�ve got. Ive even left this bit out altogether and nothing really bad happened)

  • 1 really big tablespoon of golden syrup (or 1 and a half sensible spoonfuls � less damaging to counter tops, passing children, clothing etc)
  • Melt the butter and golden syrup on a low heat on the stove

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    When its melted take it off the heat and stir in the bicarbonate of soda/baking powder. It�ll go kind of foamy and weird � don�t be alarmed! Look!

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    Add all the other ingredients � just dump �em in, no need to be precious

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    Give everything a good stir around and it�ll make a kind of gooey lump

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    With a teaspoon, take out dollops. Squish �em together a bit and put them on a baking tray. Leave some room between as sometimes they spread out WAY more than you�re expecting

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    Put them in the preheated oven for about five minutes � they�ll puff up a bit

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    So you might want to stick your hand right into the hot oven and pat them down a bit flatter. You might not want to. I usually do. See!

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    Cook them for another 3 � 5 minutes and then take �em out and cool them on a rack. They�ll be as crumbly as hell when you try to get them off the tray so go careful, but they do firm up nicely once they�re cool.

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    Scoff. With a nice cup of tea. (makes about two dozen)

    Cooks Notes:

    If you use slightly less flour and oats, you�ll get a thinner crisper cookie which will spread out at an alarming rate but will still be delicious. Kind of like a brandy snap but more substantial.

    You can add a couple of handfuls of chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the mixture if you like but don�t bother adding raisins � they tend to bob to the surface and bake hard and look a bit like rabbit poo.

    If you havent got any oats, you can use a mug of muesli-type breakfast cereal (Alpen or something like that), it works really well and you can kind of pretend that they�re �Healthy Cookies�. Pick the raisins out if you�re using muesli (see above ref to rabbit poo).

    Enjoy.
    S
    x
    PS Not sure what golden syrup is? Click on it up there in the ingredients list and you should get a link to a description. Im not sure what the US equivalent is. 'Light cane syrup' maybe?



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