Bumper oat cookies

Bumper oat cookies

Oaty, chewy, spicy cookies - ready in under an hour and great for tea time

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 18

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 45 - 50 minutes

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4. Line several baking sheets with baking parchment or non-stick sheets. Warm the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large saucepan over a medium heat until the butter has melted. Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, oats, cinnamon, dried fruits and ginger, then the water and finally the egg. Leave to cool until easy to handle.
  2. With dampened hands, shape the mixture into 18 large balls, then flatten them onto the baking sheets - allowing plenty of space for spreading - and bake for 15-20 mins until golden. (This will give a soft, chewy cookie. For a crisper one, reduce the heat to 160C/fan140C/gas 3 and bake for a further 5-10 mins.)
  3. Allow the cookies to cool on the trays briefly, then lift onto to a cooling rack. Will keep in an airtight container, separated with baking parchment, for up to 1 week.

Per cookie

236 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 13g, salt 0.3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004.

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  • 02 November 2007

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  • 16 January 2008

    david cassid rated and commented on this recipe

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    really yummy - the children love them

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  • 28 January 2008

    margu rated and commented on this recipe

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    very chewy and delicious, my friends love it

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  • 02 March 2008

    Fiona rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    These were ok although I thought the mixture was a bit sloppy...not the best cookie i've had.

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  • 12 April 2008

    shannon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made these cookies changed the syrup to maple did 2 parts dried fruit added pine nuts and a little cumin very very yummy

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  • 18 May 2008

    katgonewest rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I also changed golden syrup to maple - a lot cheaper! - and added crystallized ginger instead of ginger stem, and mixed dried fruit instead of apricots- DELICIOUS!

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  • 10 June 2008

    Bwyd Mared rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    mmm lovely! Didn't have golden syrup, but found malt extract, worked well! Used cranberries instead of cherries.

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  • 16 June 2008

    kcikingkatie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these as a fathers day present - went down well with the whole family (they do spread though! I'll make smaller balls next time!)

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  • 09 July 2008

    ljwarrington rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very simple to make and look and taste lovely! will make again!

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  • 19 July 2008

    Woody commented on this recipe

    How much stem ginger?

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  • 19 July 2008

    Woody commented on this recipe

    D'oh - ignore that! Just re-read the recipe!

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  • 08 December 2008

    cookiecat rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The family loved these. My son took them to school in his lunch box. I used mixed dried fruit instead of the apricots and ginger and cranberries in place of the sour cherries. Whilst delicious, they were too big so when I make them again I will make them smaller.

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  • 08 December 2008

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really - yummy - mixture was slightly runny so was a bit worried but they turned out well.

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  • 16 December 2008

    Nick rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very yummy...........played around with the ingredients a bit each time I have made these to suit what I have in the cupboard, and they have always been really good. Fantastic for lunchboxes.

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  • 22 December 2008

    Erica rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    these were really good. i changed the ingredients a bit by adding apricots and chopped up dates and a few bran flakes as well as the oats. mine turned out thicker than the picture which meant they were more like an oat cake but were really nice to come to after a cold walk out with the dog!

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    01 January 2009

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

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    very yummy! I'll definitely make them again!!!

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  • 02 June 2009

    Dara rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    These were nice but they came out a little "cakey" as they rose quite high! Maybe I didn't make the balls small enough but there were 19 so it should have been fine.

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  • 08 October 2009

    sockandjam rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Well done to all those who's biscuits were a success! I am not the best cook, I forgot the baking sheets, although trays were buttered, this meant that all the biscuits were welded on to the tray and burnt too. What biscuit I could scrape off tasted very nice indeed, but in the end I had to put the trays out for the birds to peck ! will be buying new trays soon. I added sunflower seeds as they taste very nice toasted. I don't think I will try this recipe again, I think I will stick to my usual biscuit recipes!!!

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  • 06 September 2010

    dana.tancu rated this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 18

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 45 - 50 minutes

Freezable

Wonderfully chewy

Ingredients

  • 175g butter
  • 175g demerara sugar
  • 100g golden syrup
  • 85g plain flour
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 250g porridge oats
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 100g each of ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped and stem ginger , chopped
  • 75-80g pack dried sour cherries
  • 2 tbsp boiling water
  • 1 medium egg , beaten
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Per cookie

236 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 37g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 13g, salt 0.3 g

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