Sunday, November 6

Recipe: BSG cookies

The first part of the name comes from a TV series that M and I were working our way through when these were invented (22nd Feb 2011). The second part I'm not sure about. These things kind of sit on the boundary between cookies, biscuits, flapjack and buns. All the measurements are in fluid ounces because we were staying in a cottage in the wilds of Derbyshire with no scales.

The recipe is a Frankenstein-style conglomerate of other recipes. I've no idea about the attribution but if anything here looks like your published recipe then get in touch and I'll give you credit. Anyway, how to make them?

Mix up the following, and bake for approx 20 minutes in a 200 degC oven:

  • 8 fl oz flour
  • 8 fl oz oatmeal*
  • 8 fl oz sugar e.g. demerara (sp?)
  • 2 fl oz ground flax seeds
  • 4 fl oz oil e.g. sunflower
  • 4 fl oz soya milk
  • 4 heaped teaspoons of jam e.g. plum
  • 20 raspberries - or substitutes such as raisins

As always, if you make this I'd very much like to see a photo

* When available I used medium oatmeal. Just made a batch this afternoon but only 2 fl oz of oatmeal in the packet so the rest of the 8 was made up of porridge oats and a R_adybr_k like product. Seemed more absorbent then usual so added extra soya milk

Finally, not sure about the best way to bake. Previously I've slopped it onto a baking tray and carved into chunks afterwards. This time used a pre-dimpled baking tray so they look like buns. Should have greased the dimples - would have been easier to extract them