Molasses and spice cookies

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The blend of winter spices, molasses and cocoa makes these rich biscuits the perfect accompaniment to a warming mug of hot chocolate.

  • Cooking time: 35 mins

    plus 30 mins chilling

  • Makes: 12-15

Ingredients

Top tipsUse Christmas shaped cutters for a truly festive treat. Make these even more indulgent by adding chocolate or carob chips to the mixture. Another top tipDouble the recipe and freeze a batch of these biscuits for up to 3 months. Open freeze until firm then pack in a freezer proof container or freezer bags. Nutritional infoAdding ground almonds to the mixture adds extra protein to the biscuits and together with the molasses are a great source of calcium and magnesium.

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  • 150g (5oz) unsalted butter
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1tsp ground ginger
  • 1tsp ground allspice
  • 3tbsp molasses
  • 2tbsp organic apple concentrate
  • 50g (1¾ oz) porridge oats
  • 225g (8oz) plain flour
  • 2tbsp cocoa powder
  • 30g (1oz) ground almonds
  • 1 egg

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas mark 4. Grease and line a baking sheet.
  2. Place the butter, spices, molasses and apple concentrate in a pan and heat gently until the butter melts.
  3. Stir in the oats, flour, cocoa powder, ground almonds and beaten egg to form a dough. Knead lightly then wrap in clingfilm and chill for 30 mins.
  4. Roll out the dough to 1cm thick - this is easily done between 2 sheets of clingfilm or you can lightly dust the dough with a little flour. Stamp out rounds with a cutter and place on a greased baking sheet.
  5. Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins until lightly brown. Cool on the sheet for 5 mins then place on a wire rack to cool.

Top tips: Use Christmas shaped cutters for a truly festive treat. Make these even more indulgent by adding chocolate or carob chips to the mixture.Another top tip: Double the recipe and freeze a batch of these biscuits for up to 3 months. Open freeze until firm then pack in a freezer proof container or freezer bags.Nutritional info:Adding ground almonds to the mixture adds extra protein to the biscuits and together with the molasses are a great source of calcium and magnesium.www.meridianfoods.co.uk

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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