Looking for a recipe for cookies? You’ve come to the right place. This simple cookie dough recipe can be modified with added ingredients to make them even tastier (and to your liking). Try adding chocolate chips, or the zest of a lemon and orange to give them a fruity kick. This recipe is made using Mara Sugar, home-grown right here in Kenya.
Pop the soft butter into a food mixer, along with the porridge oats, brown Mara Sugar, plain flour, one egg, baking powder and salt. Mix until smooth and creamy.
This is the point where you decide on the added extras! Pop chocolate chips into the mixture, or flavour with lemon and orange zest.
Spoon the mixture onto a piece of cling film and roll into a sausage shape. It should be around 8cm in diameter. Fold the remaining cling film over the top of the mixture and put it in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas mark 5. After the dough has been in the freezer for 30 minutes, take it out and cut it into cookie slices.
Place the slices onto a baking tray (or two), leaving plenty of space between them as they tend to grow as they cook! You can use a non-stick tray or use some parchment paper to line the trays.
Place the trays in the middle of the heated oven for 8-10 minutes or until they look like they are turning golden brown.
Let them cool for 10 minutes, then place them on a wire rack to fully cool and turn crisp.
Taste and enjoy!
You could make the dough and freeze it in preparation for parties or times when you have people over. Take it out of the freezer and allow it to thaw until soft enough to slice, and then bake as per the instructions above.
This recipe uses Mara Sugar, which is locally-grown here in Kenya. Our team supports sugarcane farmers in the Transmara region, where the sugar is grown in the lush highlands. We never import, as we want to celebrate our own crops and farmers!
