Coinneach MacLeod

Wee Oatcake Men

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Hebridean Baker: Recipes and Wee Stories from the Scottish Islands
The Hebridean Baker

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

  • About

Oatcakes have been part of the Scottish diet for hundreds of years and still very popular today. You will need a traditional gingerbread man – or woman – cutter to make these. And if you are lucky enough to have a dog-shaped cutter perhaps you could make some oaty canine companions too!

Ingredients

  • 200 g rolled oats
  • 50 g pinhead or steel-cut oats, plus a little extra for dusting

Method

Preheat your oven to 180°C/360°F. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Stir the rolled and pinhead oats together, then blend 100g of the oats mix you have just made to create oat flour and return to the bowl.

Add your salt and sugar.

Stir the butter into boilin