Spice Cookies

Cinnamon and Spice Cookies
  • minutes preparation
  • 20 minutes cooking
  • easy difficulty
  • 24 serves

Ingredients

  • 125g margarine
  • ½ cup castor sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup chopped pitted dates
  • ½ cup walnut pieces
  • 1 cup self-raising white flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon mixed spice
  • 4 breakfast cereal wheat biscuits, crushed

Method

  1. Place margarine and sugar in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add egg and beat well.
  2. Stir through dates and walnuts. Add sifted flour and spices. Mix well.
  3. Form spoonfuls of mixture into balls and roll in crushed wheat biscuits. Place on lightly greased oven trays and press down with a fork. 
  4. Bake in a moderate oven. 180°C, for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

Tips

  • If you like chewier cookies try cooking these for only 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes.
  • These cookies contain 2g of saturated fat per serve.

Nutritional Information

Per Serve

Kilojoules 525 kJ

Protein 1 g

Total fat 6 g

Saturated fat 2 g

Carbohydrate 15 g

Sodium 110 mg

Potassium 90 mg

Calcium 10 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Fibre 1 g

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