These were made up by my mom, sometime in the 1970's, everyone who tried them loved them, she used to send me to school with a big tin to share with everyone.
Recipe posted by Violet
MY MOM'S OAT COOKIES
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 100 grams self-raising flour
- 100 grams porridge oats
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 100 grams butter (or margarine)
- 100 grams granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup
Method
- Heat the oven to gas mark 4 or 180 c Grease on large baking tray with butter or margarine.
- Mix flour, oats, and bicarbonate of soda together in a bowl put to one side.
- Put margarine or butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan and heat on a low heat until butter and sugar are melted, stir occasionally, take off heat and stir in the oat mix, beat well with a wooden spoon.
- Scoop dessertspoons of mixture up and make into ball shapes and place on a greased baking tray when the tray is full slightly flatten the balls out with the back of the dessert spoon.
- Cook in the oven for 15 minutes, when ready remove from the oven and leave to cool on the baking sheet for 5 mins before moving onto a wire rack.
- Repeat and do the same until all the mixture has been used up. Serve with a cup of tea any remaining biscuits can be kept in an airtight tin for about a week (if they last that long)
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