Thursday, 4 December 2014

2 x 2 Malt Oat Biscuits

Are you kneading the dough - have you made some soda bread - or samosa's with your flour and oil.

PINE TREE OF LIFE 

2012

I have another recipe for you to try and it is malt oat biscuits.

Oats are economical and you can ground with a pestle to make flour.

In this recipe there were at least 12 heaped tablespoons of oats.

After the oats were ground - a heaped tablespoon of malt extract was mixed in.

Malt extract goes a long way - so better to have little rather than more of it.

While mixing - you can include three tablespoon of olive oil - pink salt and black pepper.

While mixing keep on adding the flour until the consistency of the dough is like the dough of bread. While mixing I added more olive oil.

However - you have to work with recipes to suit your taste buds.

Remember to add warm water to the mixture - to help to bring it together in a dough. If you put too much water in - then just add more flour. It will be fine. You can use a combination of oats and fine flour. Whatever you have in the cupboard.

Kneading with your own hands is important for your health - it is a 'stress reliever' and cooking is therapeutic.

So when making dough - no bread machines or food processors.

The health gain is by making the dough by hand - with loving - caring hands.

When the dough is proved - roll out small amounts of it.

You can make the malt oat biscuits 2 x 2 in size.

Like the size of a coin. Or larger if you wish to do so. The size of a token.


The baking tray was dusted in flour and the 2 x 2 shapes placed upon it.

Pre-heated oven - heat of 4 and cook for about 15 -20 minutes.

The dough makes a lot of biscuits - so you have to cook the savory biscuits in batches.

They are crispy and ideal with butter and cheese.

They will keep in an air-tight container - so you can make them in advance.

Snacking on oats is healthy for you  - and I like oats for breakfast.

The oats can be used for all sorts of amazing recipes.

Do you make your own biscuits.

You can be frugal when it is necessary - and you can make a lot with a little.

Therapeutic cooking reminds me of when I ran my own business -

when we lived in the big house.

I would cook lots of things to help me to relax - and freeze some of the dishes once cooked.

So when I didn't have time to cook. There was always something homemade in the freezer.

Our bodies were made to process food - not eat processed food.

So to stay physically healthy -  eat homemade.

The orange barley soup was another success

and these malt oat biscuits would also be good with soup.

So give it a try - its fun to cook and very relaxing.

The 4th of December is the day of fortitude.

So I shall cal these malt oat biscuits - the Fortitude Biscuits.

Apparently the word originates from Latin and it means 'courage' that 'aids endurance'.

When I was a child and I wouldn't eat - my mother gave me a teaspoon of malt - because it tastes like  toffee. She was also aware of how healthy malt can be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XBxz12jOYA

'Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man'.  A.E. Housman

There are some lovely Malt houses and traditional Maltings in England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt_house

You just can't help loving this green and pleasant land - especially if you spent 50% of your childhood growing up in the countryside close to the Malt houses.


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