Mum's Lunchbox Cookies

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 24
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 154.2

Total Fat: 4.7 g
Cholesterol: 19.2 mg
Sodium: 33.6 mg
Total Carbs: 26.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
Protein: 2.7 g

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Introduction

I loved these as a kid. My mum used to put them in our bags for mid-morning snack at school to keep us going till lunch. Great for after school too. I loved these as a kid. My mum used to put them in our bags for mid-morning snack at school to keep us going till lunch. Great for after school too.

Minutes to Prepare: 15

Minutes to Cook: 15

Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup fine white (caster) sugar

1/2 cup soft brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

1 1/4 cups plain flour

1/4 cup self raising flour (if in US use all purpose flour and add 1/2 tsp baking powder)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 1/4 cups oats

1/4 cup marmalade

1 cup raisins

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 200C, Gas 6, 390F
Cream butter and sugars together.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients together, add to creamed mixture.
Fold in oats, marmalade and raisins.
Drop by teaspoonfulls onto greased oven trays. Bake in moderate hot oven for 15 minutes.

My mum says it makes 36-40 cookies but I like them bigger so only manage about 24.

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KARATEMUM.