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Nutrition: per cookie

  • kcal148
  • fat8g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs17g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre1g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.12g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the oven to fan 170C/conventional 190C/gas 5. Using an electric whisk, beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.

  • step 2

    Stir in the egg yolks, ground almonds, toffees, dried apple and flour. Mix well together then roll into walnut-sized balls.

  • step 3

    Place well apart on two non-stick or lined baking sheets and flatten slightly with your hand. Brush with milk and bake for 8-12 minutes until golden. Leave to firm up for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2003

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.24 ratings

MiddleCT

Read all comments, made these adaptations: Exchanged 50g flour for oats Added 1tsp Lebkuchengewurz (see daringgourmet recipe) Added 50g extra of ground almonds Used fresh apple Used 50% light and 50% dark muscavado instead of caster Warmed the toffees in microwave to snip easily with scissors Used a…

jabeaumont

tip

Instead of mixing the toffee in with the mixture, make the cookie and then put the toffee pieces in the middle of the cookie on top. When toffee melts it then melts into your cookie - Otherwise when the toffee melts it comes out of the cookie and all over the tray!

These are delicious. I add 1…

roya_davies

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Agree with other posters that they do crumble but only if moved too soon. I recommend placing them on greaseproof paper to cook and them leaving them until completely cool. Move using a palate knife. The taste is absolutely delicious. Don't let the fragility of these cookies put you off. They…

SiNZ

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

These are great. Very easy to make and very more-ish. I hadn't been able to get straight-forward toffees and had toffee eclairs, so their chocolate centre melted out a bit. Still worked. Make sure to compact the "dough" well so the biscuits don't crumble apart when you take them out - although the…

Maisie Rogerson

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Amazingly tasty, now a family tradition every year. They always go down exceedingly well at parties too

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