Cheddar and oat biscuits

Name: Cheddar and oat biscuits
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150g rolled oats; 100g wholemeal plain flour; 100g butter, cold and cubed; 100g mature cheddar, finely grated; 1 tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp milk; 0.5 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

Crumbly savoury oat biscuits with mature cheddar, great for lunchboxes or with soup.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.13 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

16 servings

Ingredients

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150 grolled oats
100 gwholemeal plain flour
100 gbuttercold and cubed
100 gmature cheddarfinely grated
1 tspbaking powder
3 tbspmilk
½ tspblack pepper
2 tbsppumpkin seeds

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line two baking trays.
2
Blitz half the oats to a rough flour. Mix with the remaining oats, wholemeal flour, baking powder and pepper.
3
Rub in the butter, then stir in the cheese. Add the milk and bring together into a dough.
4
Roll to 5 mm thick. Cut out 16 rounds with a 6 cm cutter, re-rolling the scraps.
5
Bake for 15 minutes until golden at the edges.
15 min
6
Cool on the trays for 10 minutes to crisp up.

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