Mick Mcgurks Cheese Biscuits Cookies Recipes

IRISH OATEN BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
• Combine oat bran, oats, sugar, flour and baking soda in a big bowl. Add butter and mix well. If your dough is too dry, add some water to it until you can work it.
• Roll out on a lightly floured surface and cut out cookies in desired shape (if making shortbread fingers, dont forget to prick them before baking).
• Bake for about 15 minutes until cookies are golden and crispy.

ANZAC BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160C (if using fan-forced oven) or 180°C Line biscuit trays with a quality baking paper or lightly grease with butter.
• Using a large mixing bowl -- combine the oats, coconut, flour and sugars.
• Using a small saucepan or microwave -- melt the butter and golden syrup together. Set aside.
• Using a cup -- mix the boiling water and bicarb soda together. Add this mixture to the melted butter. The mixture will foam up.
• Add the butter to the dry ingredients and combine thoroughly.
• Note -- if the mixture is too crumbly the biscuits will not hold together -- add a small amount of water. I've posted a photo of how I like my mixture to look. You should be able to get a tablespoon of the mixture and roll it together/push into shape of a cookie. Add too much water and your biscuits will flatten out totally during cooking.
• Using your hands. Roll into balls and flatten slightly. These cookies do spread whilst baking -- so I usually place 12 to a cookie sheet/baking tray.
• Place on baking trays and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cooking longer will give a crunchier biscuit or less time a softer biscuit. I like mine to be crisp. Total cooking time will depend on how many cookies/trays can fit in your oven at a time.
• Cool on trays for 5 to 10 minutes before moving to a rack to cool.
• If biscuits are too soft they can be returned to the oven and cooked further.

INSTANT PUDDING BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar, add egg and instant pudding.
• Beat well, add sifted flour and baking powder.
• Roll into small balls, flatten with fork on a cold greased tray.
• Bake 180°C degrees for 15-20 minutes.
• You may add sultanas, cherries or nuts if wished.
• Ice if desired.

VANILLA BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• cream butter, sugar and essence.
• add egg.
• then add dry ingredients.
• roll into balls.
• place on cold greased trays.
• press down with a fork.
• bake 15-20 minutes at 190 degrees.
• or 12-15 minutes for me because I have and aga.