Homemade hobnobs?

Dee140157

I made my first batch of these yesterday with gluten free flour and baking powder instead of s.r. flour. I actually only made 1/2 a batch as I hate wasting the expensive flour I need to use. They were absolutely delicious and worked a treat. Only trouble is they were so more ish I have no more left! Am going to try them with honey next time instead of syrup as I think they will be like the expensive honey and oat cookies which we adore from M & S.

twink

Dee glad they worked out for you, honey works well, if you get a nice honey you can certainly taste it

carriebradshaw

twink wrote: »

this is the recipe i use
8oz sr flour
8oz sugar
8oz porridge oats
8oz margarine
1tbsp golden syrup
1tbsp hot water
1/2 tsp bic soda
mix flour, oats and sugar, melt marg, syrup and water in a pan stir in bic soda and add to dry mix, mix well, make smallish balls and put on greased tray and flatten slightly with a fork, 180oc for 15 mins, cool on the tray, you just want them golden in oven not brown

I was wondering if once they were mixed and shaped on the tray if they could be put in the freezer at that stage (put in a bag once frozen)and then baked from frozen on another day? I'm trying to make sure I really fill my oven to save on electricity and having something like this to just quickly take out and bake while I'm baking other stuff would be great. Anyone tried this?

mum2many

made my first batch on tues and they are lovely, THANKS TWINK.
my son is also going to make some for his make a pound grow as they are classed as healthy with the oats and wholemeal flour.

twink

carriebradshaw wrote: »

I was wondering if once they were mixed and shaped on the tray if they could be put in the freezer at that stage (put in a bag once frozen)and then baked from frozen on another day? I'm trying to make sure I really fill my oven to save on electricity and having something like this to just quickly take out and bake while I'm baking other stuff would be great. Anyone tried this?

i havent done that myself but think other people have frozen them

hope your son does well mum2many tell him to get as many as he can from the mix

Miss_Behaving

I've just made some of these to see what all the fuss was about. They are so successful with my family that I need to make another batch for next week's lunchboxes!! Thanks Twink.

twink

Miss_Behaving wrote: »

I've just made some of these to see what all the fuss was about. They are so successful with my family that I need to make another batch for next week's lunchboxes!! Thanks Twink.

there are lots of different things you can add to the recipe too, should keep you going for a while

carriebradshaw

I made my first batch this morning and they are gorgeous, thanks twink

twink

carriebradshaw wrote: »

I made my first batch this morning and they are gorgeous, thanks twink

well done to you for making such a good job of them

Bigjenny

Hi Twink

Just made my first 1/2 batch with wholemeal flour and honey and they gorgeous, will be trying some of the other suggestion.

Couple of questions, should they be soft in the middle or crispy as not sure if I made them too thick, and can you freeze cooked biscuits?

Thanks again

Jenny