#38:Friendly Oatmeal Biscuits

If you feel that the Mango Sesame Cookies  was a bit too much for beginners, then this one should be good fit for cookie rookies like you. I present to you the Oatmeal Biscuit! Not only can you boast of cooking something that is packed with fiber, this baby also boasts of a buttery melt-in-your-mouth texture with little crunches here and there. It is perfect with your milk tea and a good book like, say, the Hobbit or Remember Who You Are by Ed Lapiz. You only need the bare minimum of cookies, of course, with the addition of the oats: butter, sugar, flour, vanilla. So yeah, this is certified for beginners. :-D

Oats. It's such a friendly pantry item. You can make porridge from it, granola, muesli and desserts like cookies. Whenever you are attacked with a hunger pang, oats always lend a helping hand, filling (and cleaning) your tummy and patting you on the back, affirming you that you made the better choice by snacking on them. In this era where people are suddenly clamoring for wellness, oats have been elevated to a new level of popularity and for a good reason.
It has anti-oxidants, it helps control blood sugar and cholesterol levels in the blood, it provides energy and helps in weight control! You can read more about it here if you don't believe me. :-D It's so good, let's put loads of 'em in our dessert! In this recipe (or in any other case), rolled oats is best. If there are no rolled oats, quick-cooking will do fine. I just hope you won't use the instant, just-add-water type. The instant kind lost a lot of the oats' nutritional value already. Besides, I'm suspicious of anything instant.

So, let's get to it!

Oatmeal Biscuits

Sosy Level: 3

Pawis Level: 2

Featured Ingredient: Oats

Ingredients:

1 cup/ block of butter or margarine, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tsps vanilla essence

2 cups plain flour, sifted

1 cup oats

How to:

1. Beat the butter and sugar together until they're light and fluffy. Add the vanilla essence and mix thoroughly.

2. Gradually mix in the flour and oats until well incorporated. You can use your hands if you need to.                                            3. Make the dough into a ball and place in a covered container or wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes.                              4. On a clean and floured surface, roll the dough flat to about 5mm thick. You can use a rolling pin or your mug or a sturdy plastic tumbler, whatever. Just make sure you flour it because this cookie dough is a bit sticky.    5. Cut into small round, bars or any shape that you like. Place them on an ungreased tray and pierce them well with a fork. This will help it cook evenly.

6. Bake in the oven at 160C for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. When done, take it out of the oven and let it cool on their trays for 5 minutes. Transfer them to a cooling rack to allow them to cool thoroughly. 

TIP: I don't have a cooling rack but I use a big colander or  another container that will allow the air to circulate around the cookies. It's not a big deal, really. :-D

There you go! You may serve this with tea like I mentioned earlier. Or if you want to make up for the lost cholesterol or fat (hahaha!), serve this with chilled whipped cream or better yet, ice cream!!!! Oh it's so good! Now you can start looking for your oven mittens because you should try this really soon.