Oat Cookies

**Goldberg** · 15th May 2013

Had a few boxes of Jordans Rolled oats in the cupboard and I have been making cookies with them.
Had a few goes, made flapjacks rather than cookies a few times (too much liquid), but now I am getting there with them.

I am baking them to replace the breakfast bars I used to buy as snack (Go Ahead etc...) and it takes less than 20 mins to have these made and eating one!

You need:

75g of Rolled Oats
75g of Sugar
75g Plain Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
75g Butter
1 Tablespoon of Golden Syrup or Honey

Then your additional ingredients (Fruit pieces, Peanuts Crushed etc... - Peanuts been my favorite at the moment)

Pre-heat the oven - need to bake at 170, I normally pre-heat to full.
Add the Oats, Sugar, Flour, Baking Powder and additional ingredients to a bowl and mix nicely.
Add the Butter and Golden Syrup into a pan and heat gently until a pour-able liquid.
Once heated pour into the bowl and mix in, trying to get all the ingredients wet. Do not be tempted to add more liquid, also avoid using chocolate pieces etc.. which will melt and make it too runny.
Once mixed, with the dry ingredients nicely coated, spoon into about 16 equal balls onto a tray covered with grease proof paper, do not use your hands to form the balls, it will be too tacky. Leave some space as they will grow outwards and upwards. If it looks like they will not hold together, have faith.

Whack them in the oven (at 170) on the middle shelf for about 15 mins, take out if they look like they are burning.

Once taken out, they will be soft.. Just place the sheet on a wire shelf to cool. As they cool they will go firm.

They don't go 'crunchy' too much, they are almost like a cake but dry.
When cooling you could spread some melted chocolate on top (or dip them) if required etc...

I have been adding a tablespoon of Crunchy Peanut Butter to the pan (Sainsbury's own, 62p) but it is very salty! it does not water the liquid too much at all so you can still get away with it.

Other incarnations have had dried cranberries, fruit mix, peanut M&M's (Added pieces to them when taken out of the oven and still soft). Give them a try. I will post a photo of this weekend batch. I keep them in a glass jar and take 3 to work each day to snack on. Problem is the wife has started to steal them too!

If you do make it and the mixture melts to the sheet, you have had a mixture too moist.. I have done this twice and ended up with Flapjacks once and a crispy flat flapjack the second time.. You do learn by your mistakes.

I should add, initially with the ingredients it does seem like 'Why! I could just buy a pack of Go Ahead for �1' but you do get a good few weeks out of them and it is more satisfying.