MIXED BERRY & NUT CLUSTERS….Cookies, Cake & CLICK
Erma Bombeck
Mixed Berry & Nut Clusters
To make matters worse…no cake in the fridge for early morning indulgence. Donno what I’m talking about? Check out this at Cakespy…to all ya folk who feel guilty at sneaking a slice of cake out for breakfast, cupcakes, muffins included..we’ve got proof. IT’S OK!! Jessie says so & Bill Cosby always said so!! Since the muffins were a disaster, I quickly made a Zebra cake.
‘Bean Thinking Coffee’… my entry for CLICK : July 08 Coffee/Tea
Ingredients:
Butter – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Egg – 1
Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
Rolled oats – 1 1/4 cups
Dried cranberries, currants, nuts etc – 3/4 cup
Flour – 1 1/4 cup
Baking powder -1/2 tsp
Pinch of salt
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets.
- Beat butter + sugar + orange rind till fluffy.
- Add egg & beat again.
- Stir in the oats & berries, nuts etc.
- Sift the flour + baking powder + salt into the bowl & mix until evenly combined.
- Put spoonfuls of the mixtures on the sheets, leaving space for spreading in between. Flatten slightly with a fork. Sprinkle with a little vanilla sugar or coloured sprinkles.
- Bake for approx 15 minutes until risen & golden brown.
- Cool on rack. They will be soft when you take them out of the oven, but will become firm as they cool.
- Dressed up a few with sprinkles I had on hand…just to give the kids happy smiles!
Colour always works up magic!!
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
17 Comments
Manggy
Wait, sorry I’m so slow, but why do I have company?
Anyway, sorry to hear about the bad muffins. Naughty Nigella!! The cookies look good though!
Passionate About Baking
YOU & SLOW…no way Doc!! My fault; meant your brother…typo corrected. & YES, naughty Nigella!!
Cham
Looks beautiful ur click Deeba! I love dry fruits, cookies re very pretty !
meeso
Maybe your muffins didn’t turn out, but these cookies sure look awesome!
bee
beautiful pic. thank you, dear deeba.
Divya
Yummy cookies Deeba..and Zebra cake looks cool..the click is so apt,I am sure the cake tasted great with the coffee..and the cookies with milk!!I am tempted to make zebra again!!
Sunshinemom
Love the first pic, and the one for click, Deeba! Cookies too look rustic and yum, but then everything else you make does too! Deeba, do look up the event I started and do participate!
Meeta
lovely looking spread deeba! the zebra cake caught my eyes and taste buds!
Ann
What tasty-looking cookies!
Ann at Redacted Recipes
Aparna
You didn’t have cake in your fridge? I’m shocked.:)
I really liked your CLICK picture, Deeba.
Cynthia
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love your coffee/tea pot and cup!
Raaga
I have a packet of mixed berries too… should make something soon!!
I love the spread 🙂
arundati
ok….who’re you trying to kid by saying you had a baking disaster?? i abso refuse to believe you….cookies look good…but i am still sticking to my disbelief!! 🙂
Kalva
awesome cookies.. healthy too.. love them
Mansi Desai
that’s a lovely kettle! and I’d love to get a parcel of those beautiful cookies Deeba! ahem, the box is ready, right..so should I send you my address?!:D
nice click too, btw!
Tom Aarons
I think I missed these last time I wandered through your site. They look absolutely awesome and delicious.
familiabencomo
Amazing! You “quickly” made a zebra cake?!?!? I am so intimidated by that, but I really want to try it. LOVE all of the cookies. Can I come over for a playdate too?
Tanti baci, my friend,
Amy