Some more after-school cookies for this week’s Bake of the Week – Even my jam-hater, Violet loved these cookies. You can experiment with various flavours of jam and even use lemon or lime zest for different effects.
ORANGE & RASPBERRY SWIRL COOKIES
| Serves | 20-24 |
| Prep time | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 12 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour, 27 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Casual Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 200g Softened Butter
- 110g Caster Sugar
- 2 Oranges (Use the zest of both and juice of 1)
- 1 Medium Egg
- 250g Plain Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 6 tablespoons Seedless Raspberry Jam
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Using an electric whisk, mix together the sugar and butter until pale and well combined. | |
| 2. | |
| Add the egg, orange juice and zest – ensuring they are well mixed in. | |
| 3. | |
| Fold in the flour and baking powder and bring together in a dough | |
| 4. | |
| Wrap in double cling film and refrigerate for 45 minutes | |
| 5. | |
| Roll out onto a floured surface until 1/2 cm thick and a rectangle shape | |
| 6. | |
| Spread over the raspberry jam and roll into a long sausage | |
| 7. | |
| Wrap in double cling film again and place back in the fridge for another 10-15 minutes | |
| 8. | |
| Meanwhile, line 2 baking trays with baking parchment and preheat the oven to 180C | |
| 9. | |
| Remove the dough from the fridge and cut into slices approx 1cm thick | |
| 10. | |
| Arrange about 6-8 per baking tray depending on the size of your tray and bake for 12 minutes or until turning golden | |
| 11. | |
| Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. Bake the next lot of swirls. | |
These are such pretty cookies. The combination of orange and raspberry sounds delicious too 🙂
Thank you Dannii, those flavours are so light and refreshing x
Mmm nice use of flavours! These are really nostalgic for me (in a good way) as we had swirly biscuits at school and they were my favourite xx
Ooh I still remember cookie days at school dinners – they were the best! x
Oooh Helen they looks so good! Never mind the kids, I would love them! Hope you are well xx
Ha! I ‘might’ have pinched quite a few too! x
These look very tasty!
Helen – I LOVE your cookies!! I like swirl cookies and I definitely like the flavors that you’ve chosen!!
Thank you for the party, and I’d like to wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Oh my kiddoes would love me for ever if I make these for them.
I’m loving that swirl, so effective! I’d love to sample one with a brew 🙂
Angela x
i am loving the sound and and look of your cookies – no wonder they were gobbled up fast! x
They look so pretty, could you swap the raspberry for cranberries to make them a bit more Christmassy?
Love the swirl in those cookies, and sorry to have been missing for a couple of weeks x
wow! they look yummy, so pretty too #ToyGiveaway