Tuesday 24 August 2010

Another family favorite.

This recipe is a firm favorite in Hunter's family. I remember having them that very first Christmas I spent with his family in Port Elizabeth. Super easy and very fast to make, they are great just as is, but also good heated and served with ice-cream and chocolate sauce for desert. And containing a good helping of oats and not so much sugar, they are a great bit healthier than most cookies.
My MIL's chocolate oats cookies.

2 cups raw oats
2 cups self raising flower
2 cups coconut
half cup sugar (the original recipe called for 1 cup, but a half is really enough)
350 grams (12,5 ounces) butter or baking margarine
4 desert spoons cacao
Topping:
2 desert spoons cacao
1 cup icing sugar
boiling water

Heat oven to 180 C (350F)
Melt butter - do not boil.
Mix in all the other ingredients for the cookies.
Press into a well greased oven pan.
Bake for approx. 20 minutes
Cool down slightly and pour over topping. (make it runny enough to pour but not too runny.)
Cut into blocks and store in an air tight container.

8 comments:

  1. Yum! They sound and look really good!

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  2. I've never been able to make cookies for some reason. they all come out chewy.

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  3. Yummy! Thanks for the recipe! :D

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  4. Oh yummy. Guess what i'm going to do this afternoon?

    Thanks for sharing!

    Oh, btw, just finished reading Michael Connelly's latest - The Scarecrow - do you guys read him? His best by far!

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  5. That looks great...will have to try my hand at it.

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  6. Oh! YUMMY! Must try making these :)

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  7. sounds yum. I might have to try and make them.

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