Homemade hobnobs?

twink

sorry organicwanabe for offending you, guess some of us just have more willpower
daisyroots, never thought of putting a cherry on top of the biscuits, my recipe comes from a 1980s book

GreenNinja

DenBo wrote: »

Hi all, homemade hobnobs r just cooling on the tray, can't wait to eat one, this is the first lot I've made. I used marg, but do peeps think butter is better for taste and nutrition? I've always got butter in the fridge, had to buy marg especially, and reading another thread I wonder if it would have been better not to buy the marg especially!

I used clover for mine, its half the saturated fat of butter and I use it for all my baking.

:A

daisyroots_2

A cherry ! A whole cherry ! You profligate:D !

Now I think about it, nuts would be nice too - half a walnut, or a hazel nut or pine nuts or something. Mrs Lawson would not approve, I'm sure.

twink

daisyroots wrote: »

A cherry ! A whole cherry ! You profligate:D !

Now I think about it, nuts would be nice too - half a walnut, or a hazel nut or pine nuts or something. Mrs Lawson would not approve, I'm sure.

no but you are a big girl now daisyroots and you can do what you like

GreenNinja, thanks for the tip,i will try Clover next time

daisyroots_2

Whew! I made a batch of 24 this afternoon, and they are wonderful but HEAVY, man! They kinda pin you down on the sofa, if you know what I mean. Managed one this afternoon with a cuppa, and half a one after supper. DH has eaten one. That leaves 21 and a half biscuits. Fortunately DS is coming tomorrow, to deliver a sofa, so that will use up some calories, and I can offload a dozen on to him. And next door are two teenage boys, I wonder…

wokkies

twink wrote: »

good for you organicwanabe, as you say its all wholesome ingredients in the hobnobs and surely one a day wouldnt be too bad and they do take longer to eat than a rich tea so you feel you have had something to eat
it will be interesting to see if the biscuits can be stored in the fridge uncooked, be sure to let us know how they turn out

you deserve all honours for the twink mix of hobnobs, they are truly fab and lots of variations able with additions of anything you want, lol, choc chips, dried apricots, etc:money:

Gingham_Ribbon

I made a double batch the other day. It doesn't keep well in the fridge. It went really hard and I had to heat it up in a pan to be able to put it into balls and that meant the oats were a little cooked when they went in the oven which was a faff and the end result wasn't as nice.

But freezing them in balls is a great idea. I'll try some like that and some frozen cooked and see how they turn out.

My plan though was to make double again and whizz up the hardened mixture from the fridge and use it as a crumble. Not sure how it will turn out yet but I'll let you know!

organic_wanabe

Thanks GR. I think I'll try freezing some small balls of the mixture next time. I took my leftover mixture (which was made with butter) out of the fridge earlier today and left it for a while before cutting it and then forming it into balls. It was slightly difficult to cut through but any bits that crumbled off I just shoved back on. They tasted every bit as good as the first batch - but I have been more restrained this time around and only had one like twink suggested!

twink

daisyroots no wonder the biscuits were heavy you should have got double the amount of biscuits from the mix

gingham not sure if the mix would keep in the fridge, i imagine the porridge oats would absorb the liquid from the mix and make it drier, might work as a crumble mix, i sometimes crumble a biscuit into yoghurt or you could do that on top of stewed fruit

wokkies glad you like them

Gers

I've just made the hobnobs with maple sryrup - they're meant for a present but I'm not sure how many will survive!

Thanks for the recipe.

:j