Ingredients
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2 cups rolled oats
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 125g butter, chopped
• 2 Tbsp golden syrup
• 2 Tbsp hot water
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Method
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Preheat oven to 150°C. Line 4 oven trays with baking paper
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Put flour in a large bowl and stir in oats and sugar.
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Put butter, syrup and hot water in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Stir occasionally until butter has melted.
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Stir bicarbonate of soda into syrup mixture and remove from heat.
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Add warm syrup mixture to oat mixture.
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Stir until well combined.
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Shape tablespoons of the mixture into 28 balls.
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Arrange balls on prepared trays about 8cm apart. Press each ball lightly with your fingers to flatten slightly.
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Bake, in batches, for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on trays. Serve.
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To make Chocolate freckles - Makes 52
Shape 2 tsp of mixture into balls in Step 7 to make 52 balls. At the end of Step 8, press ¹⁄³ cup mini candy-coated chocolate buttons into tops of biscuits. Reduce baking time to 16 minutes.
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Andre Martin
