Malteser cookies
Thursday, March 12, 2015
I seem to have loads of maltesers in the house. Don’t get me wrong, this really isn’t an issue but rather than consume the lot with a refreshing mug of tea, I thought it might be an idea to try to use them a little bit more constructively. In the past, I have used maltesers […]
I seem to have loads of maltesers in the house. Don’t get me wrong, this really isn’t an issue but rather than consume the lot with a refreshing mug of tea, I thought it might be an idea to try to use them a little bit more constructively.
In the past, I have used maltesers in a chocolate pavlova and in traybakes but I decided to try an experiment to see how they worked out in cookies! Happily they worked brilliantly and tasted delicious. I took them to a coffee morning and they went down a storm. I also froze a few to see if they would keep (and to stop greed taking over). They were still yummy when they were defrosted so that’s a result.
They are easy to make. If you want to give them a go- here’s what you will need:
Ingredients
- 200g butter
- 120g sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 175g plain flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- large pinch of salt
- large bag of maltesers (crushed)
- bar of chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C
- Line a couple of greased baking trays with greaseproof paper
- Beat together the butter and sugar
- mix in the egg and vanilla essence
- stir in the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda
- Stir in the maltesers
- Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minute
- Form into small balls and space out on the baking sheets (they will spread)
- bake for around 10 minutes or until the cookies are gold brown at the edges
- Remove from the oven and transfer onto a cooling tray (they will still be very soft at this stage but will firm up)
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Maltesers? cookies? you are on to a winner- I want some