Adding fibre into the diet has many benefits, and its supposed to be great for a healthy body. These are pretty good to have with a cup of tea or coffee for afternoon tea. I’ll be bringing this batch to work tomorrow, lets see how they go.

Preparation Time – 15 minutes
Cooking Time – 20 minutes

Makes – 30

Ingredients

1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup bran
1 cup plain flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
80g butter, chopped
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
4 tbsp hot water

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees C.
  2. Combine the oats, bran, sifted flour, sugar and coconut in a large bowl. Combine the butter and golden syrup in a microwave safe measuring jug and heat for 30 seconds or until the butter is melted.
  3. Combine the bicarbonate soda and warm water, add to the butter mixture. Then stir into the dry ingredients.
  4. Scoop one teaspoon for mixture for each biscuit, using another spoon to push the dough onto the tray; or you can roll one teaspoon of dough into ball; repeat with remaining mixture, placing them about 4cm apart on greased oven trays.
  5. Flatten balls slightly and bake in a slow oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking rack and store in air tight container for up to a week.