Recipe: Delicious Bakewell Cookies

Bakewell Cookies. Crisp edged and chewy middled almond flavoured cookies stogged full of candied cherries and topped with flaked almonds prior to baking. You finish these moreish beauties with an almond drizzle icing. What's NOT to love about these! British bakes don't get much more retro than the Cherry Bakewell tart. Why not try our exciting spin on this classic, reinventing it as moreish cookies, topped with flaked almonds and jewelled glacé cherries, for a gorgeous afternoon treat?

This is inspired by Miranda who was on the first series of GBBO and adapted from her recipe. I love it because it makes so many biscuits- perfect for a cake sale or office treat! I have to do it as two batches as they tend to spread a bit in the oven. You can have Bakewell Cookies using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bakewell Cookies

1. It's 125 g of butter (softened).
2. It's Tsp of almond extract.
3. It's 250 g of caster sugar.
4. You need 125 g of soft brown sugar.
5. Prepare 1 of egg.
6. You need of Pot of glace cherries.
7. Prepare 100 g of ground almonds.
8. You need 50 g of marzipan.
9. It's 150 g of self raising flour.
10. Prepare Handful of flaked almonds.
11. Prepare 125 g of icing sugar.

British bakes don't get much more retro than the Cherry Bakewell tart. Why not try our exciting spin on this classic, reinventing it as moreish cookies, topped with flaked almonds and jewelled glacé cherries, for a gorgeous afternoon treat? Cherry Bakewell Cookies sliced and ready to bake. This recipe for Cherry Bakewell Cookies uses a small amount of both marzipan and cherries.

Bakewell Cookies instructions

1. Cream together the almond extract, butter and both sugars in a large bowl.
2. Add the egg and mix well..
3. Pour the whole pot of glace cherries into a small bowl and cut them up smaller with a knife..
4. Add into the bowl the flour and ground almonds along with the chopped cherries.
5. Grate the marzipan over the top to add some extra almond flavour!.
6. Preheat the oven to gas mark 2/ 150C. Line two large baking trays with greaseproof paper..
7. Mix everything together with your hands until you make a dough. This is one to roll your sleeves up for!.
8. Roll the dough into small balls around the size of a golf ball and place onto a baking tray.
9. Using the back of your hand push them down to flatten slightly.
10. Sprinkle a few flaked almonds onto each biscuit.
11. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes. You may need to rotate halfway to ensure equal cooking!.
12. Wait until the biscuits have cooled slightly to make the icing. Then mix together 125g of icing sugar with another splash of almond extract and then enough water to make it into a smooth icing consistency..

I love the thriftiness of it. Very similar in texture and cooking method to my Sunshine Cookies recipe - The joy is in the eating and how quick these cookies come together. Be warned, this is a very sticky mixture. With fork, poke holes all over crust. Along with my almond extract the idea hit me.