Oatcakes

Name: Oatcakes
Yield: Makes 15–20
Ingredients: 250 g medium oatmeal or porridge oats; pinch of salt; 250 g medium oatmeal or porridge oats; 1 tablespoon lard or butter, melted; 75–200 ml hot water from a recently boiled kettle; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 tablespoon lard or butter, melted

Preparation info

Makes
15–20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to be a Domestic Goddess

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

About

There’s something very satisfying about making such good, plain fare as oatcakes – as if you’re doing something sober and basic and not entertaining yourself with fripperies.

If you can bring yourself to use lard, please do. Did you know that it is a less saturated fat than butter?

Ingredients

250 g medium oatmeal or porridge oats
pinch of salt
¼ teaspoon<

Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.

Put the oatmeal in a bowl and add the salt and bicarb. Make a well, pour in the fat and, stirring with a wooden spoon, enough hot water to mix to a stiff dough. If you’re using oatmeal, you should need about 75ml; with porridge oats you may