Since returning home from our holiday, we have been trying to eat well in an attempt to lose the unwanted Christmas gift of a couple of extra kilos. There are still times though when we do feel like something a little special, and these cookies fit the bill.
I’ve been giving Donna Hay’s Modern Classics 2 a bit of a workout over the past week. It had been awhile since I’d sat down and really read through it, and there have been quite a few recipes that have jumped out at me to try. As always, I have made a couple of substitutions and additions to the original recipe. To start with I reduced the sugar content, and used wholemeal spelt flour instead of plain flour. I also just used what I had in the pantry, the recipe suggest ¼ cup dried apricots and ¼ cup dried apples – both chopped and ¼ cup sultanas. I debated whether to add the malted milk powder, but went along with it and I ended up with a yummy, chewy biscuit – which I do love. As always my big boy was happy to be a taste tester and has also given them his tick of approval.
Muesli Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup rapadura sugar
- 125 g butter - softened
- 1 egg
- ½ cup malted milk powder
- 1 ¼ cups wholemeal spelt flour you can use plain flour instead
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons wheatgerm
- ¼ cup currants
- ½ cup goji berries
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees
- Beat together the sugar, butter and egg in a bowl until smooth - if using rapadura sugar you will see some small sugar crystals throughout the mixture.
- Add all other ingredients and mix together until combined.
- Roll tablespoons of the mixture into balls, place onto baking trays and flatten slightly. Make sure you leave room for the cookies to spread.
- Bake for 15 minutes until beginning to brown on top - cool on trays for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
What is your favourite biscuit recipe?
Sam Stone (@A Life on Venus)
Lauren, these look lovely. I have been wanting a good muesli cookie recipe so I am going to try these out. xo
laurenm83
I hope you enjoy them, let me know how they turn out!