… a quick and easy biscuit recipe from Belleau Kitchen today… something sweet, a little chewy and a little crunchy to make your day a better place…
… a few months back when I was demo-cooking at the Lincolnshire Food and Gift Fair one of the food stall holders came up to me with two jars of their honey and asked me if i’d like to cook with it. As you know I am a huge honey fan and use it in both sweet and savoury dishes and I love having it in the larder, in fact I feel bereft without a jar somewhere in the house, so it’s always a big YES to the offer of two jars… the maker is Croft Apiaries who are based in Lincolnshire and make honey from bees who live in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, with their Yorkshire bees making honey using heather from the glorious Yorkshire Moors and it’s quite incredible how different the two honey’s are… the Lincolnshire Honey which is made from a selection of flora is clear and sweet and delicious and has a mild natural taste… everything you’d expect from a good quality honey. The Yorkshire Moors honey is much more robust with a more distinctive perfume and heavier flavour… i’m constantly undecided as to which is my favourite… they are both clear, runny honey’s and make excellent additions to breads, roasts, cakes and of course biscuits… i’m a real champion of local honey. Not only is it great for your local economy but the survival of bees in general is so important and the fragile infrastructure of your local flora and fauna depends greatly on the well being of bees… purchasing jars of commercial grade, mixed honey made in a country thousands of miles away makes very little sense. Think small and local… and cheap!
honey and cinnamon oat biscuits
what I love about these cookies is that they take minutes to prepare and not much longer to bake and once you’ve come down from the intense high of the aroma of these biscuits whilst they bake, they are eaten pretty darn quickly too… they’re the kind of biscuit you can bake when you get that ‘oooh I wish I had some home-made biscuits’ feeling that I seem to get on a Sunday evening but never have anything just baked… well, now you have.
makes 24 biscuits
150g self raising flour (or plain flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder)
150g porridge oats
100g caster sugar
100g butter
50g salted caramel (or just another 50g butter if you can’t get any)
3 tablespoons runny honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon milk
preheat the oven to 180C and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper
in a pan melt the honey, butter, caramel if using and milk then take off the heat
place the dry ingredients in a bowl and pour the melted ingredients on top and stir in well then set aside for about 5 minutes for it to cool and set slightly
once it’s cooled it should be firm enough to roll into smallish balls which you flatten slightly on the baking tray, they spread and rise just a little
bake for about 12 minutes or until golden, cool on a wire rack before consuming
eat and of course, enjoy!
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I'm reading this with my mid-morning cup of cooffe in my hand. All of a sudden the plain Digestive biscuits I have been nibbling don't seem very attractive any more!
Scrumptious looking cookies. Love a couple with a latte.
Mmm … cookies! Yes, please!
These look simple, satisfying, and old fashioned. There's nothing in the world quite like local honey!
They do look wonderful. I am yet to find a local supplier of honey, but I live in hope.
Love the idea of using local honey in these biscuits and I love the way you describe the two honeys, really lovely.
Cooookieeees! So tasty looking, the honey monster will be round for some very soon.
Mmmm, delicious! Maybe with a dollop of jam too!
Honey really is a staple isn't it. It is truly a testament to nature when you try the different flavours that those little fellas are busy making each day. I love the look of these cookies , who can resist oat cookies?
Great ingredients really shine in this recipe. I think most everyone has these ingredients in their cupboards. Like you, I'm a big fan of honey , especially local honey.
They look like exactly the sort of thing I need to take to the man at the front desk of the hotel I'm in to say sorry for making him come and try to fix my wi-fi when it wasn't even broken. I just had the wrong password. Am. So. Stupid.
Perfect,have just been given a jar of local honey by a friend
I love honey and brought a big pot of honey back from Australia. Quick and easy biscuits are also one of my favourite things to bake.
They're delightful. I love a simple but yummy biscuit – pure comfort and pleasure.
I bet you'd love my honey caramels! Such a unique flavor, your biscuits sound cup o' tea worthy!
Thanks so much for this sweet treat Dom, just what the doctor ordered for me! LOVE honey and LOVE any baking that has honey in it! Karen
These sound gorgeous, they definitely just made my to bake list.
These biscuits look so good.
Just wondering how much cinnamon this recipe calls for? I think it was accidentally left out. Thanks!
you are so right… it's just the one teaspoon! I'll change it now x
They look like a lovely, chunky biscuit, perfect for a cup of tea or coffee. Love the sound of cinnamon and honey together.
Thanks!
Love the kitchen! De-cluttered kitchen is my kinda cuppa. As for your cookies, making them now thanku.:-)