Heritage Seeded Flour Walnut Cookies

2 x baking trays and 2 x mixing bowls

100g walnuts
100g Doves Farm Organic Heritage Seeded Bread Flour
½ tsp Doves Farm Bicarbonate of Soda
75g butter
75g dark brown sugar
butter, for trays

190°C, Fan 170°C, 375°F, Gas 5

1. Pre-heat the oven. 
2. Rub some butter around the inside of two baking trays or insert a baking liner.
3. Break the walnuts into small pieces.
4. Measure the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
5. Sieve the flour into another bowl.
6. Tip the seeds remaining in the sieve into the bowl and stir to re-combine.
7. Chop the butter into small cubes.
8. Put the butter cubes into a mixing bowl, add the sugar and beat together until light and fluffy. 
9. Add the prepared walnuts and flour and stir to make a soft dough.
10. Divide the dough into 15 piles and roll each into a ball.
11. Place the dough balls onto the prepared baking trays.
12. Using your hand, gently flatten each dough ball into a 5cm/2” circle.
13. Bake for 15-18 minutes.
14. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the trays for a few minutes.
15. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.
16. When quite cold store the cookies in an airtight tin.