Smart Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Combine dates, cherries, raisins, blueberries, apricots, and ginger in a bowl. Pour spiced rum and chai on top and let soak 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix soaked fruit with orange juice, zest, butter, sugar, zest, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer and cook until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 30 minutes.
• In the meantime, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 4 mini loaf pans with baking spray.
• Remove cinnamon stick from the soaked fruit; stir in the flour mixture until combined. Add eggs, mixing to combine, and fold in mixed nuts. Divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife along the edges of each loaf and turn out of the pan. Brush warm cakes with more rum and let cool completely, at least 1 hour.
• Place cooled cakes in airtight containers and store in the refrigerator for 6 to 7 weeks. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk together oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in large bowl.
• Whisk in egg whites and vanilla until smooth. Stir in dry ingredients until blended. Fold in oats and then chocolate.
• Cover and chill dough at least 15 minutes. Meanwhile, heat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Shape dough into 16 balls (1/4 scant cup each) with hands, using a little pressure.
• Place 8 balls on each prepared sheet. With fingers, press each into a patty about 3" in diameter, allowing about 2" between patties for slight spreading.
• Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until desired brownness (do not overbake), switching position of sheets halfway through.
• Let cool a few minutes before moving to rack to cool completely.
• My own note: the dough on this is not like your typical cookie dough. You will think something is wrong with it because it will crumble and fall apart and kind of look greasy. But just squeeze them together into palm size balls and you will get lovely big puffy cookies! Make sure there is plenty of space for them to expand!

Steps:

• Cream together margarine and both sugars until smooth.
• Add vanilla; mix well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt together; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Stir in Smarties.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonful onto baking sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 9-11 minutes until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
• Combine in a separate bowl: Flour, baking soda and salt
• In a mixer beat butter and sugar together.
• When well creamed (until you can see no yellow bits) mix in egg and vanilla.
• Beat wet together.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
• When well combined mix in the chocolate chips or smarties
• Let chill in fridge 30 mins minimum
• Make balls of dough using your hands. Place on a cookie sheet
• Bake 325 degrees fahrenheit for about 18-24 minutes depending on size of cookies formed.
• When done take out of oven and let sit on cookie sheet 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire cooling rack
• Enjoy.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
• Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda,baking powder and a pinch of salt into a mixing bowl, then set a side.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Gradually beat in the sifted dry ingredients to form a stiff dough.
• Roll the fough into 20 balls, then place on ungreased baking drays, spaced well apart.(WARNING: THE COOKIES WILL EXPAND LOTS, DO NOT PUT CLOSE TOGETHER!!! )
• Press several Smarties into each ball, flattening the ball slightly.
• Bake for 15 minutes until pale golden brown.
• Leave on trays 2 minutes and remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
• Will keep in an airtight tin for up to 5 days
• NUTRITION:
• PER COOKIE : 253 kcalorices, protein 3g, carbohydrate 35g, fat 12g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 1g, sugar 22g, salt o.47g.