Fruity cookies

30-60 minutes 400 kcal or less baking powder biscuit brown sugar cinnamon cookies dessert flour fruit fruit and oat crumble bites fruits fruity biscuits ginger mixed spice nut nuts oat cookie oaty porridge oat porridge oats pudding reader recipes treats

Ingredients

200g butter

175g soft brown sugar

2 tbsp thin-cut marmalade

2 tsp ground mixed spice

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

175g porridge oats

200g self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting

2 tsp baking powder

175g dried fruit - try chopped glacé cherries, apricots and sultanas

100g nuts , chopped (we used hazelnuts)

Method

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix the marmalade with 2 tbsp boiling water. Stir into the creamed mix, then add the spices, oats, flour and baking powder. Mix in the fruit and nuts.

Dust your hands and surface with flour and roll the dough into a long sausage shape. Cut into about 20 discs. Place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment, spaced out as they will spread. Bake for about 25 mins until golden brown.