Oat biscuits

Name: Oat biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 32
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 40 g (1½ oz) bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) unsalted butter, chilled and diced; 350 g (12½ oz/3½ cups) rolled (porridge) oats; 600 g (1 lb 5 oz/4 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 40 g (1½ oz) bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 30 g (1 oz) cream of tartar; 2 tablespoons milk; 6 egg yolks; salt flakes

Preparation info

Makes
32

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

Crumbly and toasty, these oat biscuits are the perfect accompaniment for a Christmas cheeseboard. They go great with all cheeses, but especially cheddars and stilton.

Ingredients

600 g (1 lb 5 oz/4 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour

December
Vegetarian
Cookies
Winter

Method

Sieve the flour, cream of tartar and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add the sugar and oats. Add the butter, using your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour mixture to form a sandy texture. Add four of the egg yolks and work the mixture with your fingertips to form a dough.
Divide the dough into two equal pieces. Use your hands to roll each piece of dou