Wednesday, the day of the week when BBC1 airs “The Great British Bake Off”, so there must be something freshly baked to munch on, while watching. I made the cookies, which I had at Ewa’s last Sunday. Had them for the second time and found them surprisingly lovely, but- I thought, with a touch of cinnamon and maybe pecans they would rock.

I took Ewa’s basic recipe, which asked for ” a glass of flour” and “half a glass of sugar”, just as if my mum had dictated it( classic Polish way, I suppose, the glasses!), but I measured everything I was putting into the Kitchen Aid, so that the corrections could be taken into account next time.  So I used 2 egg whites, which got whipped with 60 g of sugar. I then added the yolks, 80 g of plain flour, a tsp of baking powder. Also the oats, I used 2 sachets of posh Aspen porridge with apples and raisins, good call, lots of extra flavours. Also in went half a melted butter. The original recipe called for margarine, which I don’t like using, I’m all for the butter when baking. Then in went the pretty bits; about 50 g of chopped pecans, a good handful of sunflower seeds( such a nice crunch and flavour!), 2 tbsps of desiccated coconut, 1 tsp of cinnamon and 2 tbsps of maple syrup. All those quantities are to my taste and liking.

Ewa’s method said nothing of the oven temperature or timing, so I went for the cookie temperature that works for me- 180 degrees, they baked for about 17 minutes.  The house smells like a tasty, posh porridge on Saturday morning. The cookies- a treat. Sweeter than Ewa’s, who’s a diabetic, so must be careful with lashes of maple syrup and stuff like that.  I think hers were also crunchier. And I bet- healthier. Nevertheless, a tea time treat. 🙂