The Best Crunchy Oat Biscuits

These oat biscuits are crunchy, delicious and are perfect for an after dinner treat or an occasional snack. They are packed with healthy oats and are crumbly and satisfying. Along with oats, they are prepared using melted butter with sugar and are flavoured with vanilla extract. You can add other ingredients such as finely chopped chocolate, walnuts, pecans, desiccated coconut or raisins. You can even spice up these oat biscuits using spices such as cinnamon or nutmeg.

Ingredients for Crunchy Oat Biscuits

• 80g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 80g porridge oats
• 50g golden caster sugar
• 80g butter
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 2 tsps milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to Make Crunchy Oat Biscuits

1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/350^of/180^oc and line a baking tray with parchment paper. In a bowl, sift the flour, add the oats and sugar, then set aside.

2. In a separate microwavable bowl, add the butter, syrup and milk and microwave for 10 seconds or until the butter melts (can also melt in a saucepan). Stir the melted butter and add the vanilla extract. Pour the dry ingredients from the first bowl into the melted butter and mix until combined.

3. Take a small amount of the mixture (approximately a heaped tablespoon) and shape it into a ball using your hands. Place the ball on to the lined baking tray and press it flat. (The flatter the biscuit the crunchier they will be). Repeat this process until all the mixture is used up. Ensure there is space between all the biscuits as they will slightly spread.

4. Bake for 12 to 15 mins or until golden brown. When the biscuits are removed from the oven, they will be soft, wait 10 minutes for them to slightly harden before removing them from the tray and placing them on a cooling rack to completely cool down.

Recipe Tips

• Though the recipe uses golden caster sugar, you can use brown sugar if preferred.
• Use oats that are 100% oats with no added ingredients as these oats produce the best results.
• The golden syrup can be substituted with honey if preferred.
• Any type of milk can be used in this recipe.
• If you have any extra time on your hands, you can refrigerate the prepared biscuits for 20 minutes before baking them. This solidifies the butter and controls the spread of the biscuit.
• With this recipe, I usually make 8 biscuits but you can make smaller biscuits and make 14 smaller biscuits which will be half the calories each.

Nutrition

Calories	Fat	Saturates	Carbs
177kcal	9.2g	5.4g	22.5g
Sugars	Fibre	Protein	Salt
7.4g	1.2g	2.1g	0.2g

Storage

Store the cookies in an airtight container. These cookies can stay fresh for up to a week.

Looking for more recipes that include oats then check out the following recipes:

• 10 Minute Quick Overnight Oats with Berries
• Quick Healthy Seeded Flapjacks
• Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats
• Coconut Oat Biscuits