Carrot biscuits

Name: Carrot biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 125 ml butter soft; 80 ml sugar; 15 ml golden syrup; 1 eggs; 5 ml vanilla essence; 250 ml flour cake; 5 ml Baking powder; 5 ml cinnamon ground; 1 ml mixed spice ground; salt just a pinch; 125 ml carrot coarsely grated; 100 g pecan nuts

12 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 10 mins

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These cookies are both flavourful and colourful.

By Esther Malan August 17 2018

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Ingredients (12)

125 ml	butter — soft
80 ml	sugar
15 ml	golden syrup
1	eggs
5 ml	vanilla — essence
250 ml	flour — cake
5 ml	Baking powder
5 ml	cinnamon — ground
1 ml	mixed spice — ground
	salt — just a pinch
125 ml	carrot — coarsely grated
100 g	pecan nuts

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 170 ºC.

Line a large baking sheet with baking paper.

1 Cream the butter and sugar with an electric beater. Mix in the golden syrup, egg and vanilla essence.
2 Sift the dry ingredients over the butter mixture and mix. Add the carrot and mix.
3 Use a tablespoon to put dollops of the mixture a few centimetres apart on thebaking sheet.
4 Press a pecan nut into the centre of each biscuit and bake for 7-10 minutes or until done. Leave the biscuits to cool a little on the baking sheet, then put on a wire rack to cool completely.