Ginger oat Christmas biscuits

Makes 30 biscuits

Ingredients

100g coconut oil, solid
80g butter, cubed
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup golden syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups wholemeal self-raising flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp mixed spice
200g white chocolate, broken into chunks
1 x 340g family-size bag Smarties

Method

Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced) and line a cookie tray with baking paper.

In a medium saucepan, gently heat coconut oil, butter, sugar, syrup and vanilla and stir until dissolved.

In a large mixing bowl, add flour, oats, ginger and spice and stir to combine. Make a well in the centre and pour in the hot liquid mixture. Using a wooden spoon, mix all ingredients together until well combined.

Scoop out tablespoons of mixture into your hand, squeeze into a ball and pat flat into a disc on the cookie tray.

Bake for 10 minutes, then turn them and bake for a further 5 minutes if you like them chewy, or 10 minutes if you like them crunchy.

When the cookies have cooled, melt the chocolate using a double boiler. Then ladle heaped teaspoons of chocolate on top of each cookie and decorate with green and red Smarties, for a Christmas-coloured theme.

Place the biscuits in the fridge for 30 minutes, or until chocolate has set.

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This recipe was created by Katie Rainbird for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder. You can follow Katie at Katie180.