Saturday, November 13, 2010

Week 7 Christmas cookies

Mulled Wine cookies


Ingredients:

140g raisins
75g dried cranberries
150ml red wine (I used a shiraz)
100g redcurrent jelly
pinch of chilli power
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
50g walnuts, chopped
50g blanched almonds, chopped
100g plain dark chocolate, finely chopped
4 tablespoons coconut flour
2 tablespoons tapioca flour
finely grated rind of 1 orange
50g unsalted butter, melted
1 egg
icing sugar for dusting

Method:

put raisins, cranberries, wine, redcurrent jelly and spices into saucepan and simmer till jelly has disolved, bring boil and boil for 2-3 mins until syrup is reduced by half, set aside to cool.

in a bowl add chopped nuts, chocolate, flours, orange rind, butter and egg, add cooled fruit mixture and stir till combined, place spoonfuls onto baking sheet and bake in oven at 170c for 15-20 mins, cool and dust with icing sugar.

these are so easy and so delicious!!  my room mate is commissioning me to make them for her families christmas baskets this year.  that good!  yup.



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4 comments:

  1. Never heard of these but I love anything with fruit, nuts, and chocolate! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
    mickey

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  2. These sound so good, just different enough to be amazing! I am totally bookmarking this one - thank you for sharing it!

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  3. I think I'm in love...I've never heard of these, but I adore mulled wine..going to have to try these!

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