Biscuits, Bars And Cookies Recipes - Crunchy Jumbles

Ingredients

• 115g/1/2 cup butter or margarine, at room temperature

• 225g/1 cup caster sugar

• 1 egg

• 5ml/ 1 tsp vanilla essence

• 150g/1 1/4 cups plain flour, sifted

• 25ml/1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 1.5ml/1/4 tsp salt

• 50g/2 1/4 cups crisped rice cereal

• 175g/1 cup chocolate chips

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease two baking sheets. Cream the butter or margarine and sugar until fluffy.

2. Add the egg and vanilla essence. Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda and the salt and fold in.

3. Add the cereal and chocolate chips and mix thoroughly. Drop spoonfuls 5cm/2in apart onto baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.