Recipe For Crunchy Oat Biscuits
These are sweet and crunchy and make a great treat.
Ingredients
for the biscuits
- 115 g butter
- 50 g sugar I used fructose
- 60 g desiccated coconut
- 20 g rolled oats
- 105 g flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 7.5 mls cocoa powder
- 4 g baking powder
for the chocolate topping
- 25 mls milk
- 7 g butter
- 130 g fructose
- 15 mls cocoa powder
- 2.5 mls vanilla extract
Method
for the biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the butter into a glass bowl
- Melt in the microwave
- Add the sugar and stir until dissolved
- Add the coconut and oats and stir to combine
- Sift in the flour, salt, cocoa powder and baking powder
- Mix until thoroughly combined
- Line a loaf tin with baking paper, leaving handles hanging over the edges
- Place the dough into the tin and level using the back of a spatula
- Place into the oven and bake for 25 minutes
- Remove and leave to cool in the tin slightly while you make the topping
for the chocolate topping
- Place all of the ingredients into a small sauce pan
- Bring to a boil over a medium temperature, stirring until the fructose has dissolved
- Remove from the heat once boiled and stir well to combine
- Pour over the biscuit getting it to spread as evenly as possible
- Leave to cool slightly and then cut into squares
- Leave to cool completely before removing from the tin
Notes
I made half of the recipe so used a loaf pan. Use a square pan if you double this recipe.