Oatcakes

4.90 from 83 votes

Made with simple, natural and wholesome ingredients these oatcakes are great for breakfast, lunch or as a snack.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine: Scottish

Servings: Oatcakes

Calories: 39kcal

Author: Amy

Preheat oven to 190℃ / 375℉
Add the steel cut oats to a food processor and blend until you achieve a coarse flour-like consistency,(see picture above for video for illustration). *SEE NOTE 3
Add the rolled oats to the blender and continue to blend until they also represent coarse flour.
In a large bowl, mix together the blended oats and salt (if using). Add the melted butter and use your fingers to mix it through the oats until coated.
Add the hot water and knead the mixture together. It will feel very wet, to begin with, but as you continue to mix the dough, the oats will absorb the water. Continue to knead until the mixture no longer feels sticky. *SEE NOTE 4
Form into a ball, sprinkle the work surface with some extra blended oats (or flour) and roll out to approx 3mm (⅛inch) thick.
Cut your oatcakes with a cookie cutter into your desired shape. *SEE NOTE 5
Carefully place your oatcakes onto a baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes, until dry and lightly golden. (Turn oatcakes after 15 mins)

See above post for information on oats. The type of oats you use, and how much you blend them, will affect the texture of your oatcake. This was our preferred combination and ratio. If you decide to change the oats, replace them by weight (total weight 190g), as different oats yield different cup measurements.
You can replace the butter with a different fat (e.g olive oil) to make dairy free.
The steel cut oats take a while to break down, I blended mine for around 5 mins. The rolled oats break down very quickly.
I used 75ml of water. If the dough is too dry and not rolling then you may have to add a little more, 1 teaspoon at a time.
The pictured oatcakes were made using a circle cutter with a diameter of approx. 5.5 cm (2¼ inches). I have however successfully made smaller and larger ones too.

Nutritional information is a ROUGH guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator.