Preparation info
  • Makes

    30

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

  • About

Useful when you run out of bread as they are quick to make. Oatcakes freeze well.

Ingredients

  • 175 g (6 oz) fine or medium oatmeal (not porridge oats)
  • 50

Method

Mix the dry ingredients (oatmeal, flour, salt and soda) together in a bowl. Melt the fat in boiling water, add it to the dry mixture and knead lightly (adding a drop more water if needed to give a firm dough). Roll out thinly on a surface floured with a handful of oatmeal and cut into triangles with a knife. Place on a greased baking sheet and