Name: Chewy oat bakes
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 100 g butter; 2 tbsp clear honey; ½ tsp bicarbonate soda; 90 g porridge oats; 150 g plain flour; 100 g soft light brown sugar; 100 g demerara sugar; 65 g desiccated coconut; 1 egg, beaten

Chewy oat bakes

These chewy oat bakes are perfect with a cuppa tea.

Chewy oat bakes

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Cook Time 25

Total Time 25

Course Cake

Cuisine British

Servings 8 people

Ingredients

100 g butter
2 tbsp clear honey
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
90 g porridge oats
150 g plain flour
100 g soft light brown sugar
100 g demerara sugar
65 g desiccated coconut
1 egg, beaten

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180ºc / 350ºf / Gas 4. Line 2 baking trays with grease proof paper.
Melt the butter and honey together in a pan over a low heat, then cool for 5 mins.
In a small bowl, mix the bicarbonate of soda with 1 tbsp. cold water then add to the butter mixture.
In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, both sugars and coconut together. Stir in the butter mixture and add the beaten egg and mix well.
Drop teaspoons of the mixture onto the baking sheets, spaced well apart to allow for spreading and flatten slightly.
Bake in the oven for 20mins or until crisp and golden. Leave on the baking sheet to firm, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Top tip

Do not use a plastic box to store the biscuits as these are designed to keep foods moist and the biscuits will go soggy. Store in an airtight tin for up to 1 week.