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You can make chocolate chip cookies or raisin cookies – whichever you fancy. Using light brown sugar will make slightly softer cookies; if you use caster sugar they will be slightly crisper.

6. Gently stir in the walnuts and raisins. 7. Using the palm of your hand, flatten the cookies in to ½ inch thickness. 8. Place them relatively close to one another over the silpat and bake for 12-15 ...

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Drop heaped teaspoons of mixture onto the tray, allowing 5cm/2in of space between each cookie. (For neater cookies, you can roll into balls and flatten slightly.) Bake for 10 minutes, until the ...