Cranberry Crisps

INGREDIENTS (Makes about 30 crisps)

1 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 cup long thread coconut

1 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup sliced almonds

1 cup dried cranberries

125g butter

2 tbsp golden syrup

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup boiling water

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C and lightly grease a baking tray. Or you can line it with baking paper, whichever you prefer.

2. Place the first seven ingredients into a large bowl.

3. Melt the butter and blend in the golden syrup. Then dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water. Pour the butter and baking soda mixtures into the dry ingredients and mix well until thoroughly combined.

4. Put heaped tablespoonfuls of the mixture about 5cm apart on the prepared tray and press them down well with a damp fork.

5. Bake the crisps for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Then remove from the oven and leave them on the tray for 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

They can be stored in an airtight container or freeze. 

This recipe came with a reqest to donate to the Starship foundation and was a sneak peek at one of the recipes from the cookbook - Comfort: Food for sharing.

Its another one of those recipes where you can just mix everything in a bowl and there is no need for creaming the butter and sugar etc.

All went fine, mixing the first seven ingredients in a large bowl, melting the butter and golden syrup and then adding to the dry ingredients with the baking soda mixture.

I put spoonfuls on the tray and they seemed rather "wet"

I pressed them with a fork and thought to myself, this is not going to look like the biscuits in the photo.
Sure enough when I took them out of the oven they had spread out flat and seemed to be a complete flop.
I left them on the tray to cool for ten minutes as they seemed to just want to break up.

These do not look good in the photo, as you can see, the photo from the recipe is beside them there on the left.
They do taste very nice but don't eat too many or you will be visitng the little room for awhile.

I'm not sure if I will make them again and if I do I will be adjusting them. Maybe only a little water.
If anyone has bought the cookbook can you check the ingredients and let me know.