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[darkemeralds]

I think I've perfected this recipe. Thought I'd take some pictures and share them.

Oatcakes

1. Ingredients
• 250 grams rolled oats (2 cups plus a little)
• 20 grams bacon fat (1-1/2 tablespoons)
• some salt (I use 1/2 teaspoon)
• 250 ml boiling water (about a cup)




2. Put the oats, salt and fat into a food processor and run it till the oats are ground into a fine meal




3. Add the boiling water and process into a heavy dough. You can add more water or more oats. You want a fairly soft, but not super wet/sticky dough.




4. Divide the dough in half and roll each half out to fit the base of a 9" tart pan.




5. Put the bases into the tart pans. Mark each circle into even wedges, and cut the wedges.





(You can just roll the dough out and cut into circles or squares, too, obviously--you want it to be about 3/16" or 50mm thick.)


6. Bake at 300F/150C/Gasmark 2 (slow oven) till crisp and dry, about an hour--maybe longer. You turn a wedge over and tap the underside and if it's the slightest bit damp or not-crisp, keep baking. They shrink quite a bit.






7. Serve warm from the oven or cold, with butter and/or cheese. Or bacon. Or honey. Or plain.

Comments

[kis]

They sound - and look - yummy.

[darkemeralds]

Coming from a Scotswoman-by-marriage, that makes me feel very proud. :D

[ruric]

Now I'm hungry again. Those look delicious!

[darkemeralds]

They are were.

Trouble is, they're awfully easy to make and awfully hard to resist.

[despina_moon]

I approve of your new angle on life!

[darkemeralds]

The jury is out on whether my existing wardrobe approves of it--we'll see how many of my work clothes I manage not to outgrow--but I'm certainly having a nice time. :D