Crunchy Jumbles Recipes

JUMBLES

Steps:

• Grease two baking trays. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine with a wooden spoon until soft, but not oily. Add the sugar, and continue beating until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Sift and add the flour. Add in the grated lemon rind and the almonds.
• Form the mixture into three rolls, each about 1/5 inch wide. Cut these into 4 inch long pieces, and form them into 'S' shapes.
• Place on baking trays. Bake for about 12 minutes, or until risen and pale brown. Cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.

LEMON JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease several baking sheets or coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly stir together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• In another large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat together the butter, sugar, egg, lemon zest, lemon juice and almond extract.until light and well blended.
• Beat or stir in flour mixture until well incorporated.
• Gather up the dough and shape it into a ball.
• Cut it into quarters. Shape each quarter into a flat disc.
• Score each dish into quarters, then cut into 12 wedges.
• Roll each wedge between your palms or a work surface to form an evenly thick 4 1/2"-5" long rope. Bring the ends of each rop together and press firmly to create a ring.
• Place on baking sheets, spacing 1 1/4" apart.
• Bake the cookies, one sheet at a time, in the middle of the oven for 8-12 minutes or just faintly browned at the edges. Reverse the sheet from front to back to ensure even browning.
• using a spatula, immediately transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
• GLAZE: in a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, butter 2-3 tsps lemon juice, corn syrup almond extract(if using.and food coloring.till smooth and well blended. Thin the mixture with enough additional lemon juice to produce a thin glaze.
• Set the racks with cookies over wax paper to catch drips. dip top of each cookie into the glaze.shake off the excess --.
• Let stand until the glaze completely sets.about 1 hour.
• For an extra special look.once the cookies are glazed, add a little food coloring to leftover icing to intensify the hue, slightly -- then pipe or drizzle zigzagged lines across the cookie tops for an easy but effective contrasting garnish.

JUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease two cookie sheets. Sift flour and salt into a large bowl. Set aside. With electric mixer, cream butter and add sugar gradually. To flour add very well beaten eggs, butter mixture, and seeds. Beat vigorously with wooden spoon to combine well. By hand, gently knead ingredients into a ball of soft dough. If the weather is warm and the dough is too soft to shape, you can refrigerate it for a couple of hours. Roll teaspoonfuls of the dough on a very lightly floured work surface, forming long thin ropes (about 5 inches). Roll the ropes in a plate of sugar. Place the ropes on prepared baking sheets, curling them into a circle and gently pressing ends together. Bake for 10-12 minutes until edges are very brown. Cool cookies on rack. They crisp when cool.
• Variations; The caraway seeds are unexpected and a lovely complement to this sweet cookie. For a sweet, decadent cookie, substitute toffee candy bits for the seeds. This dough can be made into little crunchy cakes by placing scant 1/4 cup portions into well buttered and sugared muffin tins.

CRUNCHY JUMBLE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Stir together flour, soda and salt. Set aside.2. In large mixing bowl, beat together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add flour misture, mixing until combined. Stir in KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal, chocolate morsels and raisins. Drop by level tablespoon onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray.3. Bake at 350°F about 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets and cool on wire racks. Store in aritight container.

AUTUMN CRUNCHY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the margarine.
• Using a fork or your hands, mash together the margarine and flour until it resembles breadcrumbs and there are no remaining lumps of margarine.
• Add the oats, sugar, and cinnamon to the flour and margarine mixture.
• Core the apple and/or pears, and stone the plums, if using. Chop all the fruit, keeping the skin on for added flavour, vitamins, and minerals, and put in an ovenproof dish in layers.
• Drain the sultanas and add to the fruit. Drizzle with the honey.
• Sprinkle over the crumble mixture. Bake for 20-30 mins until the crumble topping is golden and the fruit is bubbling. Serve with a large spoonful of natural yogurt, ice cream or crème fraîche.