Ingredients
100g butter - left out at room temperature
200g sugar
1 egg
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
200g rhubarb, chopped into small cubes
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
100g raisins
2 tbsp milk
Equipment
Big bowl for mixture and small bowl for beating eggs
Hand mixer or wooden spoon for beating
Fork for beating eggs
Measuring spoons
Baking sheet ( 1 large or two medium)
Chopping board and knife for chopping rhubarb
Instructions for children:
Put the oven on at 180 degrees C/Gas Mark 4.
Get a baking sheet ready by putting greaseproof paper or silicone on it, or by rubbing a bit of butter all over it.
Chop the rhubarb
With the help of a grown up, chop the rhubarb up into very little pieces. They should be about as big as your last section of your finger. This chopping might be quite tricky, so a grown up might help to cut it into slices and then you can cut the slices into half.
Mix the butter and sugar
Put the butter into the bowl, and measure in the sugar.
Use an electric mixer or a wooden spoon to mix them together until everything is mixed well together, there are no lumps, and the mixture is starting to go paler in colour and looks quite fluffy.
If you are using a spoon, this will take a few minutes and you might need to take a little break in the middle if your wrist gets tired. Put the spoon down, wiggle your arms around and count to twenty! Then pick the spoon back up and try again.
Add everything else
Break the egg into a little bowl, and use a fork to beat the eggs until it is mixed together. Add the egg to the fluffy mix in the big bowl, and stir it in.
Add in the flour, the baking powder, the cinnamon and nutmeg and stir it in gently, making sure you don't send clouds of flour all over the room!
Now add in your chopped rhubarb and raisins and mix well. The mixture will be quite dry and lumpy.
Add in your two tablespoons of milk, measuring them carefully so you don't slosh in too much. Measure it over the egg bowl if you want to be careful.
Mix everything together. It should be JUST wet enough to clump together without being sticky – if it doesn't clump together, add one more tablespoon of milk.
Make the cookies
Pick up egg sized blobs of the mixture and put them, spaced out, onto a greased baking sheet. Cookie dough spreads and flattens as it cooks so leave some space between each pile.
Ask a grown up for help to put them in the oven safely and bake them for 12-15 minutes until they look golden but they are not yet going brown.
Note!
Don’t expect these cookies to be firm when they come out of the oven – leave them on the tray to cool and they will firm up enough to pick up and hold. If you cook them until they are firm, they will end up dry and brittle when they cool down.
Variations
We love this lemony variation of the recipe: Picklebums Lemon Rhubarb Cookies
This interesting cookie has a jammy soft rhubarb filling: Rhubarb Central Rhubarb Filled Cookies
Additional help
If your child has never creamed butter and sugar together before, this little video might help them to see what to do.