These are the nicest chocolate chip cookies I’ve found and I’ve tested a lot!!! You can make them the size of normal biscuits or larger if you prefer. I find that the amount of dough that the recipe makes can be divided intwo. Freeze half in a sausage shape for another day, and bake the remaining half for instant gratification! You should get approximately 24 normal-sized biscuits from half the mix.

Ingredients

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup butter, melted and cooled

1 cup soft brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 large plus 1 small egg approximately

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup chopped walnuts  (optional)

How to Make Them

1. Beat butter and sugar together until blended and smooth.
2. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract.
3. Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix until just combined.
4. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts if used.
5. Lay silicone shets on your baking trays (you’ll need 2 trays or bake in 2 batches). Set oven to 325F /170C / Fan oven 160C / Gas Mark 3
6. Place dessert spoonfuls evenly on baking sheet. (Scoop up the dough with the dessert spoon and scrape it out onto the sheet with a teaspoon. It will spread out flat as it bakes, so no need to flatten the heaps!
7. Bake in centre of oven for about 15 minutes (check after 10 mins). They should be just a pale golden brown, not dark.
8. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. They will crisp up as they cool. If you want them chewy you will need to make bigger biscuits and take out of the oven when very pale.

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These are very easy to make. The recipe makes quite a large quantity, about 40-60 depending on how big you make them! When I make these, I bake 1/3 of the mixture, and freeze 2/3 (divided into 2 packages).. If you don’t want many biscuits at a time, then bake 1/4 and freeze the rest divided  into 3 separate packages. You could just make half the quantity!

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup margarine

1/2 cup oil (vegetable or sunflower)

1 cup soft brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 cups porridge oats

1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

How to make them

Preheat the oven to 350F/ 175 C/ 165 C Fan Oven/ Gas Mark 3

1. Put margarine, oil, brown sugar and white sugar in a bowl and beat until smooth.
2. Beat in eggs one at a time.
3. Gradually stir in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix until well blended.
4. Now mix in the porridge oats. The mixture will be fairly stiff by now.
5. Pull off small balls of dough and roll quickly between hands or scoop a large teaspoonful and scrape off onto baking tray with another spoon.
6. Place the balls of dough onto the lined baking tray. They will spread out flat as they bake, so don’t place too close together. You can gently flatten then a little with a fork if you like. Do not grease the tray if you haven’t got any lining paper or silicone sheet as there is enough fat in the biscuits already.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes in the oven until the edges are golden.
8. Allow to cool a little, then transfer to a cooling rack.

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Use fruit such as apples or rhubarb. It can be pre-stewed or put in raw.

Ingredients

2 or 3 cooking apples, peeled and sliced or chunks of rhubarb

sugar to sweeten fruit to taste

6 oz plain flour

3 oz margarine

3 oz granulated sugar

How to make it

Lightly grease a pyrex dish.

Put in the fruit and sprinkle sugar over the top and stir in. If using raw fruit, add a little water for it to cook in – just enough to cover the base of the dish’

Put the flour in a bowl.

Rub in the margarine with fingertips until like breadcrumbs

Stir in the sugar and mix well.

Pour the flour mixture over the fruit and cover entirely, pressing down gentl to firm the top.

Bake at 200c, 400F for 20 minutes or a little longer. It should be golden brown.

Serve with cream or custard.

N.B. Soak the dirty dish overnight and it will be very easy to clean.

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Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

How to make tham

In a large bowl, cream together butter and  sugar until white and creamy.

Beat in egg and vanilla.

Add flour, cinammon, baking powder and salt.

Blend well until mixture sarts to stick together.

Divide mixture into two. Form one half into sausage shape, wrap in clingfilm and freeze.

Chill the remaining half to firm it up a bit – put it in the freezer for 15 minutes or in the fridge for a couple of hours. You can use it straight away but it will be very sticky to work with.

When it is firmer, make small balls by rolling between hands – about 3/4″ across.

Set balls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking tray.

Bake at 350F for about 5 – 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

Cool on rack

Store in airtight tin.

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Ingredients

4 oz package of cream cheese (like Philadelphia)

1 small egg yolk

1/2 cup granulated sugar (divided)

12 slices white bread

1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted

How to Make Them

1. Set oven to 400F / 200C

2. In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, egg yolk and 1/8 cup sugar until smooth. Set aside.

3. On a plate with a rim, mix together the remaining 3/8 cup sugar and cinnamon.

4. Cut the crusts off bread and roll flat with rolling pin.

5. Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the slices.

6. Rollup each slice like a swiss roll.

7. Brush each roll with melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture to coat well.

8. Place on greased or lined baking tray, seam down.

9. Bake for 10 – 12 mins until golden brown.

These will freeze well unbaked.

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