Homemade hobnobs?

belfastgirl23

twink wrote: »

ooh i am trying to type the name ampersand but i just cant make my hand do it

belfastgirl i dont think anyone has thought of peanuts but am sure it would work, wonder if you could add some peanut butter to the mix, maybe have to reduce the butter a bit, someone more clever than me might know

Just to report back on this.

First of all a confession. By the time I got around to trying the instructions had in my mind become 'omit butter and use peanut butter instead'. Anyhow if anyone wants to know, peanut butter does NOT melt so I ended up adding a good bit more hot water to get everything to hold together. Actually tasted surprisingly okay but I think I missed the saltiness of the butter. And I think for the biscuits I remember I would also add in some half peanuts as well.

I will give them another try but not till I have someone else in the house to eat some of them Thanks for the advice, I think your version of it (rather than my remembered version) was probably spot on.

twink

oh thats a shame belfastgirl, think probably better just to add the peanut butter to the mix, but thanks for trying it out, not one to try again i doubt

newlywed

Well I finally gave in to the pressure and made Twink's hobnobs.... they were demolished very quickly indeed Mixed some raisins into a few of them to try - they were even nicer than the others

When stepson1 thought his dad was getting biscuits and he wasn't he declared - I love those!

One tip - SS2 insisted on dunking them and they made a soggy mess in the cup

belfastgirl23

twink wrote: »

oh thats a shame belfastgirl, think probably better just to add the peanut butter to the mix, but thanks for trying it out, not one to try again i doubt

Oh no I will definitely try again but this time I'll follow the advice right

arkonite_babe

The whole mix with raisins added makes very good flapjacks, I added an extra spoonful of honey to keep them moist, then pressed into a swiss roll tin, baked for 20 minutes at 170oc then scored up into fingers while warm.

Made at 7pm last night and there's none left this morning :mad:

newlywed

arkonite_babe wrote: »

The whole mix with raisins added makes very good flapjacks, I added an extra spoonful of honey to keep them moist, then pressed into a swiss roll tin, baked for 20 minutes at 170oc then scored up into fingers while warm.

Made at 7pm last night and there's none left this morning :mad:

I split the biscuits up and hid two separate small tubs of them - then when OH found one tub he thought that was all of it and stopped looking

twink

newlywed wrote: »

I split the biscuits up and hid two separate small tubs of them - then when OH found one tub he thought that was all of it and stopped looking

for a newlywed you are learning quick well done

arkonite_babe

newlywed wrote: »

I split the biscuits up and hid two separate small tubs of them - then when OH found one tub he thought that was all of it and stopped looking

No matter how well I hide things, my lot ALWAYS find them, drives me mad.

I need a cupboard with a padlock on it :rolleyes:

twink

i must have missed your post about making the mix into flapjacks, sounds good, thanks arkonite_babe

mel123

Just made these and they are fantastic. I did forget the hot water though but they have still turned out great. Thank you very much for the recipe which has gone into my little book of gathered favourites.