Spiced Orange Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
If you're bored of the usual Oat & Raisin cookies, we have a great recipe suggestion for you. With Christmas fast approaching, we're making Christmas Spiced Orange Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies. They are soft, studded with cranberries and orange peel and smell of all things Christmas - cinnamon, nutmeg and ground ginger.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 125 g butter room temperature
- 50 g brown sugar
- 40 g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 egg fridge-cold
- 110 g flour
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- 100 g rolled (porridge) oats
- 50 g dried cranberries
- 20 g cut orange peel
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C Fan. Line large baking sheets with baking parchment.
- Using a handheld electric mixer, beat butter, brown and caster sugar, vanilla paste and a pinch of salt until light and fluffy. Then add an egg and beat again until the mixture is smooth.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Then fold the dry ingredinets into your wet ingredinets.
- Fold oats into the mixture, alongside cranberries and cut orange peel, if using.
- Using your hands roll small balls (about the size of a small plum) of mixture, then place on the prepared baking sheet. Make sure to leave 4-5 cm between cookies to leave them space to spread.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 minutes. They should be golden brown and very soft when you take them out of the oven.
- Leave them to cool completely on the baking sheet.
Notes
Once cooled, you can drizzle with some melted dark or white chocolate to make them even more special, but that's completely optional. They taste amazing as they are!
Nutrition
Calories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 60mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 140IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 0.3mg
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