A simple and yet very tasty cookie recipe for baking you own personal Christmas gift.
By Elisa Gennari
Have you ever thought of cooking your Christmas presents? For the last three years I’ve been baking my presents and I have to say it’s been a success. 
I’ve made Panettone ( a typical italian recipe for Christmas), tangerine syrup, limoncello, special breads, cakes and a wide variety of cookies but, amongst my favorite, there are these rolled barley cookies. After a couple of days they become even more fragrant and crispy. Wrapping cookies is fun, you can use, ceramic jars, tin boxes or parchment paper or little cardboard boxes, and the nicest thing you can do to complete your present is to write on a little card the recipe you’re giving.
Rolled Barley Cookies: Homemade Christmas Gift
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Description
A simple and yet very tasty cookie recipe to bake you own personal Christmas gift
Ingredients
- 70gr (2/3 cup) of plain flour (or 60g -1/2 cup– of whole wheat flour)
- 70gr (3/4 cup) of rolled barley
- 70ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil
- 70ml (2/3 cup) maple syrup or malt or molasses
- 50gr (3/4 cup) raisins
- 30gr (1/2 cup) chocolate chips
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch of baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180°C (350°F)
- In a bowl mix the flour with the rolled barley, raisins, chocolate chips and the baking soda. In another bowl mix all the liquid ingredients: oil, egg and syrup.
- Pour gently the liquid mixture into the dried ingredients and mix gently. Do not overmix the ingredients or they will loose their crunchiness.
- Spoon the mixture on to the tray covered with the parchment paper. Cook for about 15 minutes.
- To get extra crunchiness let the cookies cool down and then put them again in the oven at 200° (390F) for 5 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
Mmmm…I’m going to try these. Barley has a very low glycemic index…Thanks, Dorie