Molasses biscuits

Great for dunking, serve these biscuits with a cup of strong coffee

Molasses biscuits

SERVES

20

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

11

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

10

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 100g self-raising flour

  • 20g sesame seeds

  • 80g porridge oats

  • 2 ½ tbsp treacle

  • 100g butter, cut into cubes

  • 110g golden caster sugar

  • 1 tsp bread soda

  • 1 tbsp milk

Method

  1. Mix the flour, sesame seeds and porridge oats together.

  2. Melt the treacle, butter and sugar together over a low heat in a heavy-based saucepan.

  3. Stir the bread soda into the milk and add this to the treacle mixture. Pour this into the dry ingredients and bring everything together thoroughly.

  4. Allow the mixture to cool completely.

  5. Preheat your oven to 180°C and line two large flat baking trays with parchment.

  6. Form the dough into about twenty cookies, making sure they are even in size. Place on the prepared trays leaving room for them to spread.

  7. Bake for about 10 minutes until they are beginning to crisp on the edges. Allow to sit on the tray until they are cool enough to handle then place onto a wire rack.