Didn’t someone say life is a long list of good intentions…failed? Well if they didn’t they should have.
You see the thing is last week was full of them (keep up with laundry, go to gym, get an early night, be kind to others, etc etc) but as usual it ended up being another seven days of “whoops didn’t do that”,
I made some cranberry and white chocolate cookies from the Jamie Magazine and was hoping to add them to the ”other” Jamie’s blog post for Magazine Monday. Well the cookies got made, the photos got taken, but the post didn’t.
Several weeks ago Becks over at English Mum organised for me to receive a fantastic set of Jamie Oliver’s knives for free! Reviewing them has been on my to do list ever since. She does a pretty good job of it herself here. NB plasters not included.
To combine my post on Jamie’s cookies and his knives I was going to write about the importance of food and family. Love him or hate him you can’t help but admire his passion when it comes to the role healthy fresh food plays in our daily lives. To me Jamie’s message is all about caring and sharing (ie caring where your food comes from and sharing it with others). Then I happened upon this post. Nova highlights, amongst other things, “ that only 47% of families sit down for a meal together at the weekend and one in ten families never have a meal together.” It’s not good enough really is it?
So reader I think the best thing I can do is hope that this week intentions list turns out a bit better. Oh and of course give you the recipe for those yummy cookies.
Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies
100g butter
85g icing sugar
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
100g self-raising flour
30g cornflour
4 tablespoons rolled oats
50g white chocolate, roughly chopped
50 g cranberries, fresh or rehydrated*
Beat the butter and icing until pale. Add the vanilla.
Combine the flour, cornflour and oats. Add to the butter.
Mix in the chocolate and berries.
The mixture will appear quite dry but all you need to do is mold it together into a large ball. Cover it in clingfilm. Shape the dough into a roll about an inch and a half wide. Keep in the fridge for at least one hour.
Preheat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4.
Take the dough out of the fridge and remove the clingfilm. Using a sharp knife, slice the dough into 1cm rounds. Place them on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 12-15 mins. They should be golden brown but soft to touch.
Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool and crisp a little before devouring!
*To rehydrate dried cranberries, soak them in a little hot water until they are soft.
My DH makes white chocolate and cranberry cookies too! They’re always a favorite at Christmas time. I love how you wrapped them in a ribbon. A very creative presentation for the holidays!
I always forget that Americans are the only ones who use cups as measurement in recipes. So strange to see grams, but I bet it’s the other way around for you. Good thing we own an electric scale to convert your recipe.
Visiting here from If I Could Escape’s Virtual Cookie Exchange
Stop by and see my Snickerdoodles some time. 
I make cranberry white chocolate chip oatmeal cookies every Christmas for my family. Yours look yummy and I love the presentation. You should come link up over on my virtual Christmas cookie exchange:
http://crunchiemummy.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/a-virtual-christmas-cookie-exchange/
These cookies look gorgeous! And very well presented as well. You’ve inspired me. Ive been getting myself psyched up to do some baking this cold weekend we have coming up and now I think I will for certain!
Oh these look lovely. I’m definitely going to give them a try. And I love how you’ve presented them too.
Those cookies look far too good, hows a girl supposed to diet with pictures like that? lol
good intentions were made to be broken ;o)
Lovely cookies and lovely knives! I got some sent to me too and I’ve not written about them yet either but I will do soon.
I start a lot of things with the best of intentions, but ultimatly the boys are my most imporatant thing so RL has and does take over all the time. Your cookies look fantastic
oh my, these look sooooo delicious x
Oh, these are the most perfect holiday season cookies, Heather! I’m going to try bribing my grown son, AKA Mr. White Chocolate, to actually finish the kitchen shelves he’s making for me by baking him a batch of these.
in your kitchen with those stunning view who would want to get through the ‘intentions to do list’…baking, sipping tea, good music would keep me there all day long and then sit down with family to eat the yummies!
in your kitchen who would want to get down to the to do list …baking, sipping tea and listening to good music can be an all day thing
I think that is what life is supposed to be – good intentions. As long as you don;t cause major havoc all the time – it’s OK. Coming up with delicious biscuits like this puts all that to one side!! Yummy!
Yes I know what you mean! Baking always takes precedent in the household.
Ah thanks for my lovely mention! I would type more, but these bloody stumps of mine require re-bandaging
PS Love the gorgeous cookies!
Your welcome!! Perhaps the knives should come with health insurance. Still, thanks again for the referral x
Oh they look so yummy & oh so seasonal! Did you hear I’m doing home made Xmas foodie gifts this year? Should be a laugh….;-) sorry I’ve been a lapsed reader of late, life has been difficult for few months & feel I haven’t had time to fart let alone read blogs! I think that says it all about my best intentions not going to plan….
MD xxx
Home made Xmas presents! I list those as another one of my good intentions. Mind you I did do whoopie cookies for kids’ teachers in the summer. Let’s start a trend!
Well, it’s a bit ironic that you tried to make these cookies for my blog post (the “other” Jamie? I think HE is the “other” Jamie! LOL!) since I am undoubtedly the Queen of not getting things done. I rarely get half of what I have planned done. And I so love these cookies! I love dried cranberries and just started adding them to cookies and bagels instead of raisins and they are so much better. And mixed with chocolate? These must be fabulous cookies! xoxo
Of course you are the Jamie and he is the other! I can’t believe I messed that one up. Forgive me
Cranberries are the new raisin x
Beautiful cookies and a lovely presentation!
Thanks!
We had some lovely familiy dinners with all of you vying for “air time” with regard to the telling of your day! I always had loads of things left to do. Stuff just accumulates and you muddle forward.
Remember the family dinners fondly. x
Mmmm, lovely and also so very pretty. Thank you for the link to my post. xx
Thanks Nova. Your blog post says exactly what I wanted to say so why say it again
I still remember fondly all of us ( davis family) having dinner together and going around the table with each person describing their day.
I LOVE the beautiful bow over the cookies. So cute and appealing to eat. I can’t wait to try this
Thanks! Hope you enjoy.
Oooooh yummy! Isn’t life full of intentions and a few things which get done? I think that’s fine! I am mellowing with age and have decided that whatever will be will be and I shall not punish myself for whatever will not be! If you fancy linking these delicious Christmassy cookies up on Festive Friday I would be delighted…if you don’t, I will still love you!
I shall be making them because I cannot resist buying punnets of cranberries and there are always too many!
http://christinemosler.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/announcing-festive-friday/ (the new one goes up on Friday!)