It is time to fill the cookie jars for Christmas!
November 14, 2012 in baked goods
You have no idea how many people pass through our house in Hermanus during a December holiday. Friends, family, strangers and they all share in the joy of tasting Ouma Tina’s delicious cookies.
My mom an dad has a whole ritual baking and filling those cookie tins and I just love listening to their cheerful banter, but through it all, they get the job done.
You will see all the recipes are huge, they have been doubled and tripled for my big family, You can halve or double as you please, it somehow always works.
Peanut Butter and Cornflakes Cookies
Ingredients
4 x 250 ml Kellogg’s Cornflakes
2 x 250 ml oats
4 x 250 ml sugar
4 eggs
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 x 250 ml shredded dry coconut
4 x 250 ml cake flour
4 heaped T peanut butter
500 g butter
4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 ml salt
Method
Cream butter and sugar in your mixer and add the eggs. Mix well. Add the peanut butter and mix well. Mix the bicarb with a little milk and mix in too. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. Allow to rest, overnight the best. Roll in little balls the size of a walnut and place on a baking sheet, which has been prepared with Spray n Cook. Allow enough space between each cookie as it spreads slightly. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 180 C. Cool and store until Christmas.
lifeisazoobiscuit said on November 15, 2012
Lovely post Nina – die fotos is beautiful! Ek hoop jy gaan my blikke met koekies vul – ek is mos nou nie eintlik n baster nie
Nina said on November 16, 2012
Baie Dankie, natuurlik sal ek!
Natasha van Rensburg said on November 16, 2012
It sounds delicious, but there is no mention of the oven temperature.
ninatimm said on November 16, 2012
Than you, 180 C is perfect!
Maggy said on November 16, 2012
Thanks for sharing with us, a spirit of Christmas indeed. God bless.
Brigitte said on November 17, 2012
Hi I made the peanut butter cookies and they are beyond fab, but the batch is huge, can I halve the recipe for a smaller batch?
ninatimm said on November 18, 2012
Thank you, yes I think you can halve, but why not use excess as gifts for teachers and colleagues!
Erin O'Brien said on November 18, 2012
Thank you so much for posting this. I cannot wait to try these!
One question, though, should I use sweetened or unsweetened coconut?
ninatimm said on November 18, 2012
Thank you for wanting to try this recipe, it is unsweetened coconut!!