Biscuits, Bars And Cookies
Recipes - Crunchy Oatmeal Biscuits
Ingredients
175g/3/4 cup butter or margarine, at room
temperature
175g/3/4 cup caster sugar
1
egg yolk
175g/1 1/2 cup plain flour
5ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2.5ml/1/2 tsp salt
50g/2/3 cup rolled oats
50g/2/3 cup small crunchy nugget cereal
Method:
Cream the butter
or margarine and sugar together until light and
fluffy. Mix in the egg yolk.
Sift over the
flour; bicarbonate of soda and slat, then stir into
the butter mixture. Add the oats and cereal and stir
to blend. Chill for at least 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven
to 190C/375F. Grease a baking sheet.
Roll the mixture
into balls. Place them on the baking sheet and
flatten with the base of a floured glass.
Bake until
golden, about 10-12 minutes. Then with a palette
knife, transfer to a wire-rack to cool. Store in an
airtight container.