Ingredients
- 8 oz (227 grams) Oats
- 4 oz (113 grams) Butter
- 2 oz (57 grams) Sugar
- Tiny pinch of Salt
Requirements: Shallow baking tin, greased and lightly floured.
Using a mortar and pestle break down the oats into rough powder (if mortar and pestle is not available then place the oats in-between a clean tea towel and use the end of a rolling pin to turn the oats to rough grain.)
Method:
- Cream together the butter and sugar
- Add a tiny pinch of salt
- Introduce the oats and mix well in
- Scoop out and placed into the floured tin
- Flatten down with the back of a tablespoon
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes at Gas Mark 5 – 190°C - 375°F
- Allow to cool – when cold to the touch take a sharp kitchen knife and slice into fat fingers
Little facts about oats:
Oats are a useful inclusion into a daily diet because of their wide ranging health benefits.
Oats contain iron, magnesium, calcium, manganese, phosphorus, folic acid, vitamin B5 and silicon.
They reduce cholesterol, help to prevent anaemia, they are a good bone builder, help repair and build ligaments, a high source energy food, a complex carbohydrate.
Oats help to strengthen the body core and enable the body to produce mucus to protect itself.
