Smartie cookies

It is keef's but my recipe is nicer ? you just need to swap choc chips for smarties.

Keef's

Smartie Cookies

4oz softened unsalted butter,
4oz golden caster sugar
4oz light muscovado sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla essence
6oz plain flour
Half tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
Two tubes of Smarties or 5oz other chocolate pieces such as Cadbury Buttons or any block chocolate cut into chunks


Pre-heat oven to 190c / gas mark 5.
Put the butter and both sugars in a large bowl and beat them together until light and fluffy with a wooden spoon.
Crack an egg, spoon in the vanilla essence and beat them in until evenly mixed.
Sift in flour, baking powder and salt and beat again until well combined.
Break in the chocolate or Smarties.
Take two large non stick baking sheets line them if they are not non stick, with non stick parchment paper.
Flour hands lightly and divide into what ever size cookies you want, its up to you, but remember they spread out.
Bake in the oven for 10 - 12 minutes until brown and golden and just set. Stand for a couple of minutes and then put on a wire rack, you may have dough left over so put some more on the tray and cook some more.

You can also add dried fruit if you want such as dried cranberries.

Mine

Chocolate chip cookies.

Sue Lawrence graciously agreed to donate her recipe for the optimum chewy chip cookie, one that achieves that delectable balance between crunch and crisp. Be warned however – upon emerging from the oven, these particular cookies may not be as crisp or golden in appearance as one might hope but will, I’m assured, achieve full glory upon cooling.

To further safeguard cookies against toughness, it is crucial, says Lawrence, that one does not overwork one’s cookie dough. Be mindful, too, not to overcook, else you chance them emerging all crunch and no chew.

Makes 20 – 24 small or 10 – 12 large

175g plain flour
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
¼ teaspoon salt
70g light muscovado sugar
50g golden caster sugar
125ml sunflower oil
1 medium free range egg
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
150g chocolate chips or chunks (I used half white, half milk)

Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/Gas mark 4 and lightly butter two baking sheets. Then, sift the flour, bicarbonate of sugar and salt into a bowl. Beat together the sugars and oil until smooth using electric beaters, a food mixer or by hand, then add the egg and vanilla. Gradually tip the flour mixture into the oil mixture, and fold in gently before stirring in the chocolate chips.

Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls (or dessertspoonfuls) of the mixture on to the prepared baking sheets and bake for 10 – 12 minutes until pale golden yet still slightly soft in the centre.

Leave your cookies on their baking sheets to firm up for a couple of minutes once done (if you are too hasty, they’ll be too fragile to lift) then tenderly transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Thanks.

I like the look of the smarties in them though ? Should I make both? I'm already doing cupcakes and Lumpy's biscuits http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumpy_golightly/818772953/

<puzzled> that isn't keef's cookies ☹️

this is mine. a lot less faffing than that one...

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smarties cookies

100g softened butter
100g light muscovado sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
150g sr flour
85g smarties

beat butter and sugar together until light and creamy. beat in syrup. work in half the flour, stir in the smarties, then the rest of the flour

divide into 14 balls, and spread on a baking sheet. bake for 12 mins at 180c

How odd! I have them attributed to you in my word document! ?

GW, I'm only teasing... make whichever you fancy although my cookies are lovely. ?

No idea what all that shyte is btw ?

I should never have looked in this thread. I can feel my belly expanding at the thought of eating these ?

I assume, just for information purposes for other readers you understand, that chunks of rolo/mini rolo would work equally well in place of smarites/chips?

Non faffing wins the day!

Thanks Madge and Kieren.