The Best Golden Oat Biscuits

These golden syrup oat biscuits are chewy on the inside with a crunchy exterior. They are so delicious and perfect for an after dinner treat or an occasional snack. This oat biscuit recipe is super quick and easy to prepare and they also go great with an afternoon cup of tea or coffee.

These delicious crunchy oat biscuits are packed with healthy oats and they are crumbly and satisfying. Along with oats, they are prepared using melted butter with sugar and are flavoured with vanilla extract. You can add other ingredients such as finely chopped chocolate, walnuts, pecans, desiccated coconut or raisins. You can even spice up these oat biscuits using spices such as cinnamon or nutmeg.

Ingredients for Golden Oat Biscuits

For the full list of ingredients and measurements, scroll to the recipe card below.

• Flour - use all purpose or plain flour.
• Oats - for this oat biscuit recipe, I use rolled porridge oats.
• Raising agent - I use bicarbonate soda.
• Salt - I use sea salt but you can use regular table salt.
• Butter - I use unsalted butter.
• Golden syrup - gives the biscuits a chewy centre. You can also use honey.
• Sugar - I use a combination of soft light brown sugar and granulated.
• Vanilla - use good quality vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste.

How to Make Golden Oat Biscuits

Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 180^oC and line a baking tray with parchment paper. 

Prepare the dry ingredients 

Start by adding the flour, oats, bicarbonate soda and salt to a mixing bowl and whisk them together.

Melt the butter and syrup

Add the butter and syrup to a microwavable bowl and melt in the microwave at 35 second increments until the butter fully melts. 

Add in the remaining and dry ingredients

To the butter, mix in both sugars and the vanilla extract then pour in the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

Refrigerate the dough

Place the dough in the fridge for 15 minutes. This is to make the dough less sticky so you can easily roll it. 

Shape the biscuits 

Take approximately a heaped tablespoon of the dough and using your hands, shape it into a ball. Place the ball onto the lined baking tray and press down on the biscuit to flatten it. 

Repeat this process until all the mixture is used up. Ensure there is space between all the biscuits as they will slightly spread. 

This recipe makes 12 biscuits. If you want the biscuits to be equal then each ball should weigh around 35g.

Bake the oat biscuits 

Bake for 12 mins or until golden brown.  When the biscuits first come out of the oven they will be soft so wait 10 minutes for them to firm up then transfer them to a cooling rack to completely cool. 

Recipe Tips

• When making this oat cookie recipe, you will get a different texture depending on what oats are used. If you use jumbo oats then you will make a flatter crispier biscuit. If you use regular rolled outs which are slightly broken down then you will make a chewy and chunkier biscuit. 
• If your biscuits are too chunky when you remove them from the oven then you can slightly press down on them using the back of spoon before they cool.

Storage

Store these golden syrup oat biscuits in an airtight container and store at room temperature. These cookies can stay fresh for up to a week.

Nutrition

Nutrition based on 1 serving - Calories: 156kcal | Fat: 7.6g | Saturates: 4.5g | Carbs: 19.6g | Sugar: 8.9g | Fibre: 1.0g | Protein: 1.8g | Salt: 0.06g.

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