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Coconut & Lemon Oat-Biscuits


There are few flavours I enjoy as much as lemon and coconut, they don't have to go together but I sure do love them when they do. Another thing I really love are simple and quick to make recipes. With three little ones there are short windows when the baby sleeps that allow for baking with the girls (their brother is waaay too active to keep an eye on him to prevent him from injuring himself while I monitor the kids' baking). I found this oat and coconut recipe a while back when my husband and I both really fancied some biscuits but had very bare cupboards at home (because we live rurally there is no "just nipping" to the shop if you've forgotten something in the evening), the biscuits came out tasty but I felt there was room for improvement. So here is my tweaked recipe:

Ingredients

  • 125 g melted butter
  • 100 ml sugar
  • 250 ml oats
  • 100 ml desiccated coconut
  • 100 ml flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Juice from a lemon (I used all the juice but if you aren't as keen on citrus flavours as I am you can either go for half or skip it all together - I think I might try it with lime at some point so will update this once I have)
Method
  1. Pre-heat oven to 170͒ degrees.
  2. Mix the butter and sugar well.
  3. Mix the rest of the dry ingredients in a separate bowl before adding to the butter and sugar.
  4. Add the optional lemon juice.
  5. Use a teaspoon to transfer the mix onto baking trays (the original recipe says it makes 35-40 biscuits but I have gotten max 30, the very first time I used a tablespoon which made them a bit too big). Don't worry about the shape of the dough as it melts don't to biscuit shapes in the oven.
  6. Cook for about 10 minutes.
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