Mayflower
A ship that is famous for carrying the pilgrims to America in 1620. But a ship that arrived in the wrong place – they were aiming for Virginia! And a ship that was not designed to carry people at all – it was a cargo ship, more used to transporting goods like wine and fish! Nevertheless, a ship that brought people from our area to a new life where they could have the freedom they were seeking.
You can create your own little Mayflowers with our recipe below:
Mayflower Cookies Recipe
- 125g butter, softened
- 100g light brown soft sugar
- 125g caster sugar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 225g self-raising flour
- 200g chocolate chips
Method
- STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4
- STEP 2
Cream butter and sugars, once creamed, combine in the egg and vanilla.
- STEP 3
Sift in the flour, then the chocolate chips.
- STEP 4
Roll into small sausage shapes. You should be able to make around 20 cookies. Use some flour on your hands to make it easier to roll.
- STEP 5
Place on ungreased baking paper. Bake for just 7 minutes, till the cookies are just setting – the cookies will be really doughy and delicious. Otherwise cook for 10 minutes until just golden round the edges.
- STEP 6
Take out of the oven and leave to harden for a minute before transferring to a wire cooling rack. These are great warm, and they also store well, if they don’t all get eaten straight away!
- STEP 7
Colour in some small peices of card and using a cocktail stick you can add your sails.
