Oatcakes

  4.1 – 14 reviews  • Biscuits

For fans of chocolate, try this recipe for chocolate meringue pie!

Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  1. 3 ¾ cups rolled oats
  2. 1 cup whole wheat flour
  3. 1 teaspoon white sugar
  4. 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
  5. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  6. ½ cup cold butter, cubed
  7. ¼ cup hot water, or as needed

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a heavy baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Mix oats, whole wheat flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Rub in butter with your fingers, until mixture is chunky. Pour in enough water to form a thick dough.
  3. Spread a thin layer of oats and whole wheat flour on a flat work surface. Turn out dough and pat to an even thickness. Cut into circles using the rim of a drinking glass. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.
  5. Size may range from a shot glass to any large size. I typically cut the diameter of mine to be 3 1/2-inches wide.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 199 kcal
Carbohydrate 25 g
Cholesterol 20 mg
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 351 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 10 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Rachel Silva
This must be someone’s idea of a joke? Too much oatmeal and too little water. I had to add almost a full up of water to make this into something besides a crumble mess. Won’t make it again. Baking time increased too. Bad recipe.
Amanda Andersen
Absolutely not enough instructions to get it right. How much water? 1/4 c warm water was not nearly enough. Added another 1/4c , mixed with hands a bunch. Still really crumbly. Added 1/8c more. Sort of coming together? Scared to add even more water so I turn it out to push into cakes How much oats and flour on the work surface? How thick should they be? Used a 3″ drinking glass, they all stick and are super hard to remove. Whack whack whack .. still, made exactly 12 so the size felt right. Then… 30 minutes in a temperature confirmed oven and still the same color. Another 5 min. Another 5 min. Clearly all the water I had to add affects baking time. Another 5 and I give up. Barely golden at the very edges, baking soda is fresh. Super crumbly and dry. Try to serve with a huge pat of butter and lots of jam. The result was survivable.
Steven Herrera
I love these , it helps if the mixture is too crumbly to add a little extra water just until you can roll it into a ball .
John Clayton
This is the best cheese cracker in the worldAnd I’ve eaten a good amount. This recipe has the authentic taste and texture fir which I’ve been searching. It’s strong enough to hold a goodly dollop of chutney and hefty wedge of cheese and ttoothsome tender and delicious to taste. What more could you want in a cracker? Exactly!
Lisa Hodges
Lovely. I added 1/4 of peanut butter and 1/2 t cinnamon too. Great for grabbing on the go.
Casey Wilson
Good basic recipe. I substituted 1 1/2 cups of the oats with 3/4 of a cup of steel cut and used smart balance instead of butter to stay away from cholesterol, and one gram of stevia instead of the sugar. I used a processor for the dry ingredients for sake of ease, then put into a bowl and cut the smart balance in with a shortening cutter. I used 3/4 a cup of hot water (steel cut oats are not processed with steam) then rolled out with a rolling pin and used a biscuit cutter. I did use modern technology but most have been in the family for 100 years (not the processor though).
Lisa Delacruz
Easy to make. I had been looking for base recipe to make a gluten free version for appetizers. This worked perfectly. Substituted Pillsbury Gluten Free All Purpose blend for wheat flour. Will be making again with fresh rosemary. Thanks!
Sarah Crawford
These were so delicious and easy to make. I plan to experiment with adding dried fruit and other ingredients to make them even more yummy.
Roy Walker
Not bad, they’re kinda crumbly, but the toasted oat flavor is great.
Amy Flores
This worked out great, and they are so addictive. If one never had them before it’s not actual cakes but rather cracker bread.I am going to have them with goat cheese and salmon and reminisce my Scotland trip. Thank you! I actually prefer them savoury and leave out the sugar completely.
Walter Fernandez
Excellent, but only with a few modifications to ingredients. To the dry ingredients I added about 1/2 cup of diced Turkish dried apricots, or dried sugared cranberries. Instead of only a teaspoon, I added 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, and 1/2 cup of honey, and mixed the honey w/ 1/2 cup of warm water before mixing into batter. With twice the water the batter stays together much better and is more moist. Instead of using plain rolled oats I have also used the minute variety which makes for an easier dough to work with.
David Caldwell
I was pretty uncertain when I pulled them out of the oven, but I actually really like them. I did increase the sugar to a tablespoon, and added a tiny bit of molasses so the baking soda had something to react with.
Ashley Smith
These were very crumbly and fell apart when cut or removed from the pan. I made another batch more like a bread by adding 3 eggs and baking it in a pie plate.
Jesse Powell
Nice chewy texture. More like bread than a cookie or square. I tripled the sugar and it’s only very slightly sweet. I flattened mine into one large rectangle on the cookie sheet and cut it after it baked, easier and less mess than cutting out circles and it worked fine. Will make again for a healthy snack in lunches or easy breakfast on the go. Would be good with butter and jam if you want to forgo the healthy approach 🙂

 

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