Oatmeal Cherry Almond Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 2 large eggs
• 1 -2 tablespoon golden syrup (optional)
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 1/2 cups flaked oats
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 cream sugar and butter. add eggs and golden syrup, mix well.
• 2 meanwhile cook cherries in water (to cover) in microwave for about a minute to plump them up.
• 3 discard half the liquid, cool.
• 4 mix flour, baking soda, oats and nuts together. add cherries and cooking liquid to the wet ingredients; mix well.
• 5 loosely fold the dry ingredients in, leave batter to sit for at least half an hour (can be refrigerated overnight, but the cookie texture will be different).
• 6 drop teaspoons of the batter onto a greased cookie sheet.
• 7 bake 13 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 8 cool before storing.
• 9 they are soft, a little chewy, and not particularly sweet.