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Red Nose Day Cookies

Red Nose Day Cookies are buttery, melt in the mouth cookies flavoured with vanilla and decorated with a glace cherry and have dark chocolate base.

Prep Time
18 mins
Cook Time
18 mins
Total Time
36 mins
Servings: 14
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: British

Ingredients

  • 115 g / 4 oz Butter softened
  • 55 g / 2 oz Caster sugar
  • 140 g / 5 oz Self raising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ tsp approx Red food colouring
  • 14 Glace cherry halves
  • 100 g / 3.5 oz Dark Chocolate

Instructions

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  1. Pre-heat the oven to 175°C.
  2. Grease 1 large or 2 medium sized baking sheets.
  3. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl.
  4. Add vanilla extract and food colouring.
  5. Work in the flour gradually with a wooden spoon.
  6. Form into 14 balls by rolling between your palms.
  7. Place balls on baking sheet allowing room to spread and pop a glace cherry half on each.
  8. Bake for 13 - 15 minutes being careful not to let them brown.
  9. Allow the cookies to rest for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
  10. Once cool, melt the chocolate in bowl over a pan of water barely simmering.
  11. Using a pastry brush, paint the base of each cookie with chocolate and allow to set chocolate side up.
  12. Once set take to your fund raising event and watch them fly!

Notes

  • Why not leave the food colouring out when you just want to enjoy a delicious cookie at any other time of year!