Apple, Almond and White Chocolate Cookies

I love making cookies. Fact. I love how I can just open the cupboard and add anything to the basic cookie dough mixture to invent a new one. We still had a load of apples from my Mum's garden left over so I knocked up these delightful apple, almond and white chocolate babies in about 20 minutes - the perfect comfort food when the weather is this miserable. A couple of cookies, glass of milk and a good book. Boom: the perfect rainy Saturday afternoon.

Ingredients
(Makes about 12)

1 cup sugar
100g butter, at room temperature
1 egg, beaten
200g plain flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
1tbsp lemon juice
1 medium sharp apple (Bramley or Granny Smith will be good), peeled and chopped into about 1cm chunks
100g white chocolate, chopped 
Handful flaked almonds, toasted a little in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 10-15 minutes or you can just buy toasted ones

First pre-heat your oven to 190°C and line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the beaten egg and lemon juice and mix in.

Sift in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and nutmeg and mix until combined. Add the chopped apple, chocolate and flaked almonds and mix until evenly distributed.

Dollop a heaped tablespoon of the cookie dough per cookie evenly on the baking trays - you should get about 12. Don't worry about them looking pretty or flattening them out - lumpy dollops make the best cookies. Now bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until just turning golden. The moisture in the apple will mean that these cookies are quite soft in texture and almost a bit cakey.

Leave to cool for a couple of minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool fully. They taste like delicious apple pie!