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Oatmeal Biscuits

Oatmeal biscuits are made from oatmeal, flour, salt, baking powder, and warm water, then baked.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Oatmeal Biscuits

Oatmeal Biscuits

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Make the dough

  1. Mix together oatmeal, flour, salt, and baking powder.

  2. Add enough warm water to form a light paste.

Shape and bake

  1. Roll out the dough very thin.

  2. Cut into pieces about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide.

  3. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven for 5 to 7 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Adds a toasty, grainy flavor and some body to the biscuit.
Flour
Provides the main structure that holds the dough together as it bakes.
Baking powder
Releases gas as it heats, helping the biscuits rise and turn light.

The step that matters

Rolling the dough very thin. Thin dough has little mass to heat through, so it dries and crisps quickly in the oven. Thicker pieces stay doughy in the center before the edges brown.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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