Crunchie Oat Cookies

This recipe has been a family favourite for along time. my mum would get up super early and bake them as a treat whenever we had a family outing, or a youth temple trip. Thanks so much mum, as a mum now myself I now know how much that means. I usually like to add chocolate chips (place them on the top before baking) or even raisins and cinnamon, but for an extra special treat I put chocolate fudge sauce on these. Very moreish and with a glass of cold milk - perfect!

Takes 10-15 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to cook
75g/3oz Porridge oats
50g/2oz Plain flour
50g/2oz Margarine or butter
50g/2oz Granulated sugar
1 tablespoon of golden syrup
half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
(These are the original ingredient's but I always double or even triple the amounts, if you're baking why not make a huge batch!)

1. Mix porridge oats with flour.
2. Melt marg./butter inpan with sugar and syrup.
3. Stir bicard. of soda into mixture in pan and take off heat.
4. Add to flour and oats mixture and mix well.
5. Make walnut size balls of mixture and place on greased baking sheet, (I use baking parchment paper).
6. Bake in pre-heated oven at gas 4, 350 f, or 180 fan assisted oven for 10 minutes.
7. Let cookies cool slightly before removing and cooling further on wire rack.
8. Store in an air tight container and they'll stay chewy for several days.

For the chocolate fudge sauce I mixed icing sugar and cocoa with a tiny amount of boiling water and then dribbled over the top! I just love this recipe, especially as the cookies are made from oats, you can kid yourself that they are healthy! Ha, Ha!

We had friends for dinner on yesterday - Ammon and Amy Cheskin, and Darren and Louise Evans with their beautiful children - Kasheba, Tia and Theo. It was so lovely to have them, we haven't spent much time with friends recently. And glad to say that they all enjoyed the cookies, so here's the recipe and you can enjoy eating them too!