Oatmeal hermits

Name: Oatmeal hermits
Yield: Makes about 30 buns
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 170 g (1 cup) dried fruit (raisins or sultanas), chopped; 150 g (⅔ cup) caster sugar; 60 g (½ cup) chopped walnuts; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 300 g (2 cups) self-raising flour; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 200 g (2 cups) rolled oats; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 220 g butter, melted; 125 ml (½ cup) milk

Preparation info

Makes about
30
buns

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Tried, Tested and True

By Liz Harfull

Published 2018

About

This is now one of my favourite baking recipes, and I’d never heard of it before discovering this cookbook. In a similar tradition to rock buns, oatmeal hermits contain a very comforting and tasty mix of rolled oats, dried fruit, walnuts and spices—best served with a strong cup of tea, not a cocktail!

Ingredients

200 g (2 cups) rolled oats
170 g (1 c

Oceania
Australia
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate (180°C). Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Combine the oats, fruit, walnuts, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl.

Lightly beat the eggs in a separate bowl, then stir in the melted butter.

Dissolve the bicarbonate of