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My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?

When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).

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Oat & Goats Cheese Biscuits

Oat & Goats Cheese Biscuits

Lee Majhen-Todd

A biscuit thats perfect to eat alone or use them to hold piles of cheese and cut meats!

Not a difficult biscuit to make and not a biscuit thats designed to stay in the cupboard for weeks, once made, they’re best eaten within a few days.

It’s the addition of goats cheese that makes these biscuits so delicious and i use St Helens Farm mature goats cheese to give them their umami flavour , it works really well too!

How big are they? Well that depends on how big you want them to be. So, if larger is better for you, just adjust the cooking time accordingly.

If you check out my post, Goats Cheese Charcuterie Board, you’ll see one of the ways i’ve used these goats cheese biscuits. They’re perfect for that sort of thing, as i mentioned, piling them high with cut meats and cheese.

Go on, give them a go and enjoy your sweet life!

What You Need

Oat & Goats Cheese Biscuits

  •  170g Hard Goats Cheese - Grated

  • 100g Rolled Oats

  • 100g Plain Flour

  • 50g Lard or vegetable fat – Cut into small cubes

  • 1 Tsp Dried Thyme – See Tip Box

  • 2 Tsp Mustard Powder – See Tip Box

  • 1 Tsp Clear Honey

  • 3 Tbsp. Milk

  • Salt & Pepper to taste – See Tip Box

Mix all of the ingredients together until the fat has incorprated.

It’s Done

Heat the oven to 180c

  •  Place the oats, flour, mustard powder, thyme and salt and pepper into a bowl

  • Add the lard to the to the bowl and rub in with finger tips until the whole mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

  • Use a spoon to stir in the goats cheese

  • Place the runny honey and milk into a small bowl and use a fork to mix together until the honey has dissolved in the milk

  • Pour the honey mixture over the dry mixture and use the fork to bring together the oat mixture into a rough dough

I used St Helens Farm Mature Goats Cheese

Lay a sheet of non-stick baking parchment onto a worksurface, place the dough on top and press to flatten a little.

  • Roll out the dough until the dough is around the thickness of around 1cm.

  • Cover an oven tray with non-stock baking parchment and lay the cut biscuits on the tray

  • Place the tray into the hot oven and bake for 10 minutes until just a little golden around the edge

  • Leave the biscuits in the tray to cool for around 15 minutes – See Tip Box

  • Serve with cheese or just eat alone

Pale gold around the edges and they’re ready to come out of the oven

Tip Box

  • How Many – Depends on how big you cut them

  • Cooking- All ovens vary so adjust cooking time accordingly

Pile them high

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