"Bakewell" Cookies

This is a 'happy accident' recipe for some lovely cookies using a basic shortbread recipe and some experimentation with things I already had in my cupboard. The resulting cookie tastes a bit like a bakewell tart, hence the name!

Bakewell Cookies

150g Butter or margarine

90g caster sugar

100g rice flour

100g cornflour

50g ground almonds

4tsp almond extract

100g dried or glacé cherries

100g white chocolate chunks

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add almond extract, ground almonds, cherries and white chocolate chunks and mix together. Sift flour and cornflour in gradually and mix to form a dough. Line a baking tray (or two!) with greaseproof paper and shape approximately 50g balls of dough, flattening on to the baking tray until about 1/2cm thick, spaced apart enough to allow for a little spreading. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden.

Leave to cool and store in an airtight container.