Recipe: Spiced Treacle Cookies

Cookies fit for any occasion.

Photo: bauersyndication.com.au
Photo: bauersyndication.com.au
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The robust flavours of these spiced treacle cookies make them the perfect treat for grownups, from their cinnamon, mixed spice, to treacle and crown of chopped walnuts on top.

Yield: Makes 34
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Difficulty Level: 2/5

Ingredients

  • 75 g butter, chopped coarsely
  • ⅓ cup (120 g) treacle
  • ¼ cup (55 g) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ¾ cup (110 g) plain (all-purpose) flour
  • ½ cup (75 g) self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • ¼ cup (30 g) finely chopped walnuts
  • 1 tbsp light brown sugar, extra

Steps

01. Preheat oven to 160 C. Grease oven trays; line with baking paper.

02. Combine butter, treacle and sugar in medium saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth. Cool 5 mins; stir in sifted flours and spices.

03. Roll rounded tsps of mixture into balls; place about 5 cm apart on trays, flatten slightly. Sprinkle with combined nuts and extra sugar. Bake about 20 mins; cool on trays.

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