Course: Main
Servings: 30 oatcakes
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30-40 minutes

Ingredients:

• Pinhead oatmeal - 110 grams
• Jumbo oats or medium oatmeal - 110 grams
• Fine oatmeal - 110 grams
• Vegetable oil - 25 ml
• Sesame seeds - 25 grams (optional)
• Sea salt - 1/2 tsp
• Boiling water to mix -

Instructions:

1. Put all the ingredients into a bowl large enough to be able to mix ingredients together. Add the sesame seeds at this time if you are using them.
2. Boil a kettle of water and pour over the oats, enough to be able to make a sloppy but stiff mixture. Leave to stand for 10 minutes. After this time you will see if you need to add a little more water or a little more oatmeal as the mixture will have swollen and stiffened.
3. Take about one third of the mixture and knead into a ball on a worktop sprinkled with fine or medium oatmeal. Flatten with the rolling pin and roll out thinly. It is important to keep the dough moving freely, so turn frequently to prevent it sticking to the worktop.
4. When you are satisfied that the dough is thin enough and evenly rolled take a plain cutter of required size and cut out. With the off cuts roll into a ball and add to the next third of the dough and repeat. Do this until all the dough is used up. Unlike scones every scrap of the oatmeal dough can be used if it gets a little dry add a little more water and knead again.
5. Place onto baking sheets. Oatcakes can touch as they shrink on cooking, put into the oven 300f/150c/ gas mark 2 for 30-40 minutes, flipping the oatcakes half way through to get an even browning and crispness.
6. Cool on a cooling rack and store in an airtight tin.