Cranberry, White Chocolate and Ginger Cookies

As the summer leaves and the shorter darker evenings are with us, what more could you ask for than a big mug of tea in front of an open peat fire... Oh maybe a cookie or two :o)

I found a packet of dried cranberries at the back of the cupboard and had picked up the crystallized stem ginger at the last shopping trip. To be honest it was kinda bought out of nostalgic reasons,
growing up crystallized fruit was like sweets to us... #deprivedkids ...lol

so cookies it is...  I used my uber easy cookies recipe and added the extra ingredients... you could add just about anything

Ingridients:

Butter softened 175grams
Plain Flour 2 1/2 cups
Sugar 1/2 cup

white chocolate 150grams
dried cranberries 75grams
crystallized stem ginger 75grams (cut into small pieces)


cream the butter and sugar together. Sift the flour into the bowl and mix. Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Roll into golf ball size balls and place on baking tray.

bake in a preheated oven 180c for 25minutes...

Enjoy

These would be so perfect as a Christmas Treat ( yep i did it... i said the C word in september!!!)

Apple and Rasberry Crumble

 Crumbles are the ultimate easy desert, you cant help but smile when you eat it :o)

This summer we got a nice few apples on our apple trees, has been wonderful to see the kids watching them grow and being so proud of their apples when they eat them. It really does make them respect the food put in front of them.
Along with our fabulous apples this summer has been great for summer berrys, so i couldnt resist making these little crumbles.

Ingridients:
filling
Apples (around a lb) peeled and sliced into thin slices.
a hand-full of rasberries.

topping
plain flour 300grams
brown sugar 175grams
butter 200grams (room temp)

this really could not be any easier... put your uncooked chopped apple and rasberries into a baking dish or little ramekins. i didnt use any sugar in the filling because the apple were very sweet but if you were using cooking apples you may want to add some sugar.
mix all of your topping ingridients together till they resemble bread crumbs.
cover the apples with the topping, spinkle with a little brown sugar.

bake in the oven at 200c for 30minutes

enjoy with some custard or go all out and have a big scoop of icecream.