Oat biscuits

Name: Oat biscuits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 75 g self raising flour; 75 g porridge oats; 50 g soft brown sugar; 75 g butter; 1 tbsp golden syrup; 1 tbsp milk

Oat biscuits are a deliciously moreish treat. With only a few ingredients this recipe is for a simple oatmeal biscuit that even young children and beginner bakers can make.

Oat biscuits are a deliciously wholesome treat. With only a few ingredients this recipe is for a simple soft oatmeal biscuit that even young children and beginner bakers can make.

There’s something I find particularly moreish about a good oaty biscuit. I enjoyed our melting moment bicuits a lot, and these are similar and equally delicious. Instead of rolling the biscuits in oatmeal these biscuits have them all the way through.

How can kids help make oat biscuits?

These oatmeal cookies are really easy to make making them perfect for kids. They don’t need any specialist equipment beyong a bowl and something to mix it all together with.

With only a few ingredients, kids will enjoy getting to measure everything out before mixing it all togther.

You form these biscuits with your hands which is a fun way of getting your kids hand’s a bit messy! It’s certainly a much quicker way of making a biscuit than recipes that need lots of rolling and cutting out.

How long can you keep oat biscuits?

I think oat biscuits are nicest still a little warm from the oven, but they’ll keep in a air tight container for a few days.

If you want you can also freeze them if you want to keep them for longer. If you wrap them individually in cling film / glad wrap and pop them in a freezer bag they’ll keep for a few months. Make sure you defrost them fully before you serve them.

Oat cookie variations

These oaty biscuits are a great basic cookie, so that means they lend themselves really well to all sorts of flavours.

You can add a teaspoon or so of cinnamon or mixed spice – they’ll add a lovely warmth to the flavour. Why not also try honey or maple syrup in place of the golden syrup. Either would be equally delicious.

You can also add chocolate chips or raisins just before you form the biscuits. Try around 35g of either to add an extra bit of flavour/texture.

Are oat biscuits healthy?

The oats in these oaty biscuits have a lot of fibre in them which makes these a little healthier than some other biscuits. There’s also sugar and butter in them however, so I can’t pretend that they’re a health food.

What can I use instead of golden syrup?

If you don’t have any golden syrup, which is common here in the UK you can swap it for an equal amount of corn syrup. You could also use something like honey, which is the right texture but will change the flavour a bit. Remember children under the age of one shouldn’t eat honey.

Other biscuit recipes

If you liked these oat biscuits you’ll love some of our other easy biscuit recipes

Fork biscuits
Easy chocolate chip cookies
Shrewsbury biscuits
Ginger biscuits
Oat cakes
Lemon biscuits
Empire biscuits
Shortbread fingers
Blueberry cookies
Rock buns
Banana and oat cookies
Raisin biscuits

Useful equipment

You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make these oat biscuits

Digital scales
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoons
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Baking tray
Wire rack

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Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15 minutes plus 10 minutes baking
Serves: 9-12 biscuits

Ingredients

75g self raising flour
75g porridge oats
50g soft brown sugar
75g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp milk

How to make oat biscuits

Preheat your oven to 180C / 160C Fan / 350F and line 1 or 2 baking trays with baking /parchment paper.

Mix the dry ingredients together

Get your kids to weigh the flour, porridge oats and sugar and put them in a large mixing bowl.

Add the wet ingredients

Measure the butter and melt it in a small pan on the hob or in the microwave. Add the golden syrup and a splash of milk.

Pour the melted butter into your mixing bowl with the oats.

Give your kids wooden spoons or spatulas and get them to mix everything together, until it’s all coated in the melted butter and starts to come together.

Make the oat biscuits

Next, using your hands take small amounts of biscuit dough (about the size of a ping pong ball) and roll them together to form balls. We needed to press them together quite firmly to stop them crumbling apart.

Pop the biscuits on your baking trays, with room between them as they’ll spread a little in the oven.

Bake the oatmeal biscuits

Bake the oaty biscuits in the oven for 10-15 minutes. They’re ready when they’ve started to turn a nice golden brown colour.

Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking trays for a few minutes to cool slightly, before popping them on a wire rack to cool completely.

Serve and enjoy.

Oat biscuits

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Oat biscuits are a deliciously moreish treat. With only a few ingredients this recipe is for a simple oatmeal cookie that even young children and beginner bakers can make.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Course Afternoon tea, Snack

Cuisine British

Servings 10

Calories 115 kcal

Ingredients

75 g self raising flour
75 g porridge oats
50 g soft brown sugar
75 g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp milk