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Fifteens an Irish Cookie

December 4, 2012 by polishhousewife 12 Comments

Fifteens an Irish cookie

On a recent trip to Ireland, we stopped at a gas station, looking for things to help us pass the time as we drove from Dublin to Galway, east coast to west coast, it takes TWO hours.  We picked up a five euro CD set of the Rat Pack classics, some mixed nuts, and a little package that said “Fitness.”  This Irish cookie seemed like a great car snack. In Poland we often see cereals or bread labeled at Fitness.  I assumed the little package would have some kind of whole grain cookie or crackers, but I wasn’t wearng my glasses.

In better light, I could see that the package said “Fifteens.”  What on earth?   The little bars had pink and white marshmallows and maraschino cherries – not exactly the fitness snack I’d been expecting, but we enjoyed them nevertheless.

Subsequent stops at Irish gas stations offered us homemade fifteens.  We’d really stumbled onto something here.

I had to google the name to look for a recipe.  Apparently, this is a Irish cookie that everyone’s Irish granny used to make.  When you see the ingredients, you’ll know where the name comes from.  I’m already planning my next batch which I will bill as gourmet fifteens – brandy soaked cherries, homemade marshmallows, and maybe some chocolate.

Ingredients

15 marshmallows (pink and white), quartered
15 glace cherries, halved
15 Digestive biscuits, crushed
150 ml sweetened condensed milk (about 2/3 cup)
desiccated coconut

Directions

  • In a bowl, combine the marshmallows, cherries, and biscuit crumbs
  • Stir in enough sweetened condensed milk to make everything stick together with a paste like texture
  • Sprinkle plastic wrap or foil with coconut
  • Scrap the dough onto the coconut covered wrap and shape into a log or a flat rectangle
  • Making sure all sides of the dough are covered in coconut, wrap tightly and refrigerate for several hours
  • Slice into fifteen cookies
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Comments

  1. evil cake lady

    December 5, 2012 at 8:20 am

    wow, super fascinating! are they really sweet? i think a gourmet version would be amazing.

    Reply
  2. Lois B

    December 5, 2012 at 8:25 am

    ECL – yep, they’re pretty sweet. 🙂 I think my gourmet version might be a little less so.

    Reply
  3. Jenn [knittybaker]

    December 5, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    Lois, I’ve never heard of this before. And here I always thought Fifteen is just a number :).

    Reply
  4. Lois B

    December 5, 2012 at 6:07 pm

    Jenn – I know; it really surprised me and my English friend too!

    Reply
  5. Mrs. Munchkin

    December 11, 2012 at 10:49 am

    Holy cow! I am in! They sound amazing!

    Reply
  6. Lois B

    December 11, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    Mrs M – Can you find digestives in Moscow?

    Reply
  7. Renee Lewan-Hesse

    December 17, 2019 at 7:27 am

    What is a “digestive Biscuit”?

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 19, 2019 at 8:05 am

      It’s a British cookie, very plain unless you find the chocolate covered variety (my favorite). It’s sort of a cross between a vanilla wafer anda a graham cracker. You might find them on Amazon or in Cost Plus World Market if you have one nearby.

      Reply
  8. Bev

    December 19, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    As soon as I read the Fiteen – I had to see what it was – never heard of a cookie called that either , then as soon as I read the ingredients , I could everyone making their own marshmellows to !!! Was the first thing I thought of 🙂
    Anyway – they arwe on my list now , not sure if I will get to them this Christmas – but will definitely be trying them .

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 19, 2019 at 1:09 pm

      They’re nice; I like them a lot. It’s usually something you have with a cup of tea.

      Reply

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