Rock cakes

This is my mum's recipe and reminds me of being a little girl. There is something rather comforting about these cakes!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack, sweet
Cuisine dessert, Eggs, sweet, Vegetarian
Servings 12 cakes

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g butter softened and cut into chunks
  • 225 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 75 g soft brown sugar
  • 60 g sultanas
  • 40 g apricots
  • 20 g desiccated coconut
  • 1 egg beaten
  • Splash milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray
  • Put the butter in a bowl, add the flour and cinnamon
  • Rub the butter and flour together, with your fingers, until it resembles breadcrumbs
  • Add the sugar, fruit, coconut and egg; stir with a spoon
  • Add a little milk to bring the mixture together
  • Use an ice-cream scoop (it’s the perfect size) to put mounds of the mixture onto the lined baking tray
  • Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown
  • Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool

Notes

Play around with the flavours:
  • Add different dried fruit or some flax seeds
  • Leave out the fruit and add some chocolate chips 
  • Try mixed spice instead of cinnamon 
Keyword cookingforfamily, cookingforkids, feedingkids, snackideas
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