Chewy oat biscuits

Oats add texture and a nutty flavour to the biscuit, while their fibre content slows down carbohydrate absorption. This biscuit is a harmony of contrasts: the edge is crisp (from the caramelised sugar) and the centre is chewy.
🕒 Prep Time 15 mins
🍳 Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 30 mins
🍽️ Servings 12 servings
🔥 Calories 160 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Baking tray
  • Baking parchment

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Eggs

Instructions

1

Mix the dry ingredients (oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt).

Tip: Fine oats hold the dough together better than large flakes.
2

Add the melted butter and the egg. Knead together by hand or with a wooden spoon.

Tip: Melted butter results in a denser, chewier biscuit, while creamed butter makes for a airier, more cake-like one.
3

Form balls, place on a baking tray lined with parchment, and flatten them into discs.

Tip: This dough doesn't spread as much as butter cookies, which is why you need to flatten them beforehand.
4

Bake at 180°C for 12-15 minutes, until the edges are golden brown.

Tip: Leave to cool in the tray for 5 minutes before moving to a rack, as they are fragile when warm.

Recipe FAQ

It became too hard.
You overbaked it. Oat biscuits should be taken out when the centre still seems barely soft. They gain their final texture whilst cooling.

Ingredients

  • 150 g Fine porridge oats
  • 100 g Plain flour
  • 80 g Caster sugar (or brown sugar for a more caramel flavour)
  • 100 g Butter (melted)
  • 1 pc Egg
  • 1 sachet Vanilla sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 pinch Salt