Here's my Oatcake recipe:

Ingredients for approx 3 dozen 3" oatcakes:

21/2 cups medium oatmeal, plus extra for sprinkling.
1 cup wholemeal (whole wheat) flour.
1/2 cup rolled oats zipped in the blender to a flour.
A good pinch of bicarbonate of soda.
A good pinch of salt.
1/2 cup of lard or butter.
About 1 1/2 cups of boiling water.

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
2. Grease a baking tray and line with greaseproof paper.
3. Melt the lard over a medium heat until it has completely melted.
4. Place all the dry ingredients into a bowl and add the melted lard and
boiling water to make a sticky dough.
5. Mix together using a round bladed knife until a dough forms.
6. Sprinkle a piece of waxed paper surface with oatmeal and place the dough
on it.
7. Cut the dough in two and place one piece aside.
8. Shape the half into a round and roll it out using a rolling pin until it
is about 3/16" (3-4 mm) thick
9. Cut as many oatcakes as the shape allows and place them on the baking
tray. Use a tumbler or make pie shaped pieces.
10. Place the offcuts aside and repeat steps 8 and 9 with the other half
until all the dough is used.
11. Place the oatcakes into the hot oven for 13 minutes or until the edges
are golden brown. The oatcakes should not be golden all over - just the
edges should show golden.
13. Remove the oatcakes from the oven and place them on a cooling rack.




"Bronwyn" > wrote in message
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> Interesting about the peat fires, the Irish still use this fuel type,
> particularly in the west of the country. It was quite fascinating to
> see the peat bogs by the roadside and evidence of the cuts made to dig
> it up into square log shapes. In the pubs, peat was being burnt in
> quite a few places we stopped. It was not really cold weather, but
> they put out a fair amount of heat.
> The oat cakes we ate, made by Walkers and Baxters of Scotland are
> delicious but I would love to try to make them. They are dry flat thin
> discs rather than pancake or scone style.
> I'll check out Ophelia's link.
> Cheers
> Bronwyn
>