Nestum Cookies (Recipe Revisit)

I decided to revisit this Nestum Cookies I made last year and this time I doubled the recipe.  These cookies are so delicious  and crunchy with the aroma of the Nestum cereal that you can't stop with just one!

Ingredients:  [Makes 111 cookies]

300g butter, softened

180g icing sugar mixture (or pure icing sugar)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

360g plain flour

40g cornflour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

150g Nestum cereal - lightly toasted

80g Nestum cereal - extra for coating

40g g glace cherries - cut into tiny pieces 

1 egg white, beaten 

Egg wash:  1 egg beaten with 1/4 tsp salt

• Spread Nestum cereal on a baking tray and lightly toast in a preheated oven of 150 deg C for about 8 minutes or until fragrant.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Set aside.
• Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.  Add in eggs, one at a time.  Then add in vanilla extract.
• Mix in flour mixture and Nestum cereal and combine to form into a dough.
• Divide dough into balls of 10g each.  Place the ball of dough onto a flat plastic spatula and brush with egg wash and drop it onto the cereal.  Coat the dough completely with Nestum and flatten slightly. Brush a dot of egg white on the centre of the cookie and press a piece of glace cherry onto it.
• Place the cookie onto a lined baking tray.  Repeat with the rest of the dough.
• Bake cookies in a preheated oven of 160 deg C (fan-forced) for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.  (Monitor closely as the baking time depends largely on the shape of your cookies and also your oven temperature)
• Transfer cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

I am submitting this post to Best Recipes for Everyone Jan & Feb 2015 Event Theme: My Homemade Cookies organized by Fion of XuanHom’s Mom and co-hosted by Victoria Bakes



I am also linking this to Cook & Celebrate: CNY organised by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Yen from Eat Your Heart Out and Diana from the Domestic Goddess Wannabe