Sometimes (ok, most of the time)
I feel like baking a batch of cookies. Rather than just add chocolate chips,
I wanted to bring an element of healthiness to the recipe - so that's
where the cranberries come into the equation!
It is
definitely worth using golden granulated sugar in this recipe. Granulated gives
a nice sugary sweet crunch in the cookie.
Makes
8-10
Ingredients:
250g
butter, softened
140g
golden granulated (or caster) sugar
1 egg
yolk
300g
plain flour
1tsp
bicarbonate of soda
1tsp
baking powder
50g
dried cranberries
Method:
1)
Preheat the oven to 180/160fan/gas mark 4. Grease 4 baking trays with butter.
1) Using
an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until smooth.
2) Add
the egg yolk and combine.
3) Sift
the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and add to the mix gradually.
4) Beat
in the cranberries.
5) Using
an ice cream scoop preferably, spoon the mixture onto the prepared baking trays allowing 3 cookies on each tray.
6) Bake
one tray at a time in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.
7) Take
tray out of the oven and bang firmly on the worktop several times, allowing the
mixture to crack on the top (sounds
odd but it definitely works!).
8)
Return to the oven for a further 8-10 minutes until the cookies are starting to
brown. It's very important to
not over-bake cookies. They may look like they're not cooked but once cooled,
they firm up and become a delicious, sweet treat!
9)
............................. ENJOY!
