rosemary and pine nuts cookies

The last time that I used dried rosemary in my baking, I baked a cake. As it turned out, the addition of the dried rosemary made the cake very aromatic.

Inspired, I decided to bake cookies using dried rosemary. To add a little variety to the cookies, I added pine nuts (instead of the usual walnuts, almonds, peanuts, etc). The dried rosemary complemented the pine nuts. The cookies were so addictive that we could not stop at one.

INGREDIENTS

90g plain flour
30g corn flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
50g butter (softened)
30g castor sugar
1 tbsp low fat milk
2 tbsp pine nuts
1 tsp dried rosemary

METHOD

1. Sift the plain flour, corn flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

2. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

3. Stir in the dried rosemary and pine nuts.

4. Fold in the flour mixture and mix until a dough forms.

5. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to firm up.

6. Roll out the dough on a floured board using a rolling pin into 5 mm thickness.

7. Cut out the cookies with a 3 cm round cookie cutter.

8. Place the cookies on a baking tray that has been lined with baking paper.

9. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees celsius for 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

10. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.

11. Store the cookies in an air-tight container.