Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)

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Cook Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 20 cookies

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 30 min
Cook: 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 0 min

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Directions

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These are our take on the classic British digestive biscuit. We added chocolate to highlight the richness of the oats, and hazelnuts for texture and crunch. We love that they aren't too sweet, making them the perfect match for afternoon tea. Baking them in muffin tins gives them a gorgeous tea-cake shape, but they're also delicious as drop cookies.

Ingredients

1/4 cup hazelnuts, finely chopped
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup rolled old-fashioned oats
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 mini muffin tins with mini muffin liners, or set out 20 mini muffin liners on a baking sheet. Lightly spray liners with nonstick spray and sprinkle the hazelnuts into the bottom of each muffin liner.

Whisk the flour, cocoa, wheat germ, oats, spices and salt together in a medium bowl.

With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar in another bowl until combined, about 2 minutes. Add the egg yolks and beat together. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

Scoop a tablespoon of dough (about 3/4 ounce) into the mini muffin tins or liners, on top of the nuts. (Alternatively, drop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and top with chopped nuts.) Bake until the cookies are cooked through and nuts are toasty, about 15 minutes (drop cookies will bake slightly faster). Transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Serve.

Busy baker's tips: Store in an airtight container for up to a week. Freeze formed dough in cups for up to 1 week. Baked cookies can also be frozen for up to 2 weeks.

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recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
Paullett Scarborough, FL 03-29-2008
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Scottish Canadian Baker
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Well...having cooked professionally for close to 30 years mostly at a convent where the nuns like to do tea-especially on the... week-ends when family visits. Most of our nuns come from down east-Nova Scotia, NewFoundLand etc and are of Scottish Decent. A Oat cake should be crumbly yet come together. Its a cross between a cookie and a cracker. This was OK but not an oatcake just as no one I know inculding myself would recognize the peanut verion of a Namino Bar! It just isn't. It's nice but don't call it a namino bar. That is like me calling a pumpkin pie the same as a pear pie.Both nice but not the same thing now is it?Read more
recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
Anonymous 02-07-2008
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Chocolate Oat Cakes
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

These fall apart and stick to the pan, the favor was not very full either.
recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
Tiffany Phoenix, AZ 01-01-2008
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Great! They turned out like little brownies...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband and I read the reviews beforehand, and decided to add a little more moisture, especially since using whole wheat... flour (we prefer). The batter was very dry and thick, so we added a tsp. each of vanilla and orange extracts, and one of the egg whites. Turned out great! Like little brownies, moist and chocolately. I think the hazelnuts should be lightly toasted first for added cruch, especially since we added additional moisture that softened them a little.Read more
recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
ALISA PHOENIX, NY 12-21-2007
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A great family favorite!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe. My husband and 5 kids love these. The recipe didn't clarify whether to use white or brown sugar, I... used dark brown sugar. The baking time stated was a bit longer than needed, 10 minutes in a pre-heated oven was perfect. These are a great snack for the kids or a little something to go with coffee when having guests.Read more
recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
Teresa Pflugerville, TX 12-21-2007
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Rock Hard
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I was really excited to be able to bake cookies from all over the world this year. I am a culinary student and have been... baking for about 40 years. I baked these cookies and they turned out rock hard. I followed the recipe exactly as written. My question is, where's the moisture, the liquid? There is 1 3/4 cup of dry (flour, cocoa powder, wheat germ, oats) plus 3/4 sugar, but the only moisture is ? cup butter and 2 egg yolks. It needs moisture. I?m going to try them again, but this time I?m going to try adding maybe some fruit flavored liquor.Read more
recipe Chocolate Oat Cakes (Scotland)
Anonymous 12-20-2007
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GREAT!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just baked these great little cookies and after reading the review I don't know what went wrong for some. I did make some... changes which might have changed the outcome of my cookies. First off I only added cinnamon to the cookies because that is all I had also I did not have muffin tins so I made them as drop cookies. My dough was not dry at all, they cookies came out chewy and the nuts gave a great flavor (I put the nuts on top of the cookie since I made them without the tins) Hope these suggestions help because these really are a great cookie!Read more