Smarties Cookies

These are quick to make, you don't need to get the food mixer out and can (if you want to...) easily make them with children.

Ingredients
100g Butter, softened
100g Light Muscavado Sugar
1 tbsp Golden Syrup
150g Self Raising Flour
About 80g of Smarties (just short of 2 small packets). If you have a few left over you can push them in to each cookie before they go in the oven.

Method
Preheat oven to 180c.

Mix butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy and there are no lumps left from the sugar. Beat in the syrup. Sieve in half the flour and mix.

Stir in the smarties with the remaining flour, mix and then work the dough with your hands.

Divide into 12 balls and then place them spaced apart (they will spread out a bit), on two lined baking trays. 

Flatten them very slightly with the back of a fork.

Bake for 12 mins, until pale and golden (they will still be very soft to touch).

Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.

They are nice eaten when still slightly warm.