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trousers · #1 (**permalink**) 14-05-2007, 07:55 PM

HAZEL please please post up abbey crunch recipe,wellie has promised to make them as ihave withdrawal symptons......!

Hazel at the Hill · #2 (**permalink**) 15-05-2007, 12:33 AM

Here you go, Trousers....just for you!

Abbey Crunch Biscuits recipe as given to me by my big sister Helen.
Makes 36 low-guilt biscuits or 24 cookie sized greedy biscuits

5oz Butter or Marg (I use ALDI cheap-seats butter - only 10p more than Stork marg and makes baking taste loads better)
5oz Sugar (I use whatever's to hand - normally granulated)
1 tablespoon Milk
1 teaspoon Bicarb of Soda
1 teaspoon Golden Syrup
5oz SR Flour
4oz Rolled Oats (I use jumbo organic rolled oats from Holland and Barrett - I think that they are Mornflakes)

Cream butter and sugar
Mix in milk, soda and syrup
Stir in flour and oats and mix well
Roll into small balls and put on greased baking tray
Cook for 25 mins on gas 2 till golden
Cool on wire rack

ChrisB · #3 (**permalink**) 15-05-2007, 12:40 AM

Mmmmm - this sounds a bit yummy

One for the file I think, to be tried at a a later date

trousers · #4 (**permalink**) 15-05-2007, 08:23 PM

you are a star Hazel,now i have got try and sweet talk Wellie out of the greenhouses and into the kitchen!!!
a bribe of doing the ever growing list of paulies household chores is in order.

jacob marley · #5 (**permalink**) 17-05-2007, 08:34 PM

There gorgeous very belt tightening thank you Hazel

shirlthegirl43 · #6 (**permalink**) 17-05-2007, 08:37 PM

Would porridge oats do for this Hazel?

jacob marley · #7 (**permalink**) 17-05-2007, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shirlthegirl43

Would porridge oats do for this Hazel?

they did in mine and demerara sugar i hope you do not worry about your waistline jacob

shirlthegirl43 · #8 (**permalink**) 17-05-2007, 08:55 PM

What is a waistline?

Earthbabe · #9 (**permalink**) 30-05-2007, 09:05 AM

Sound good Hazel. Will have to give them a try with the usual Earthbabe variation.

Littleweeme · #10 (**permalink**) 19-06-2007, 05:48 PM

I am gonna make these in a moment....... I may have to make 36 low guilt ones. Are they still low guilt if you eat them all at once?

Hazel at the Hill · #11 (**permalink**) 19-06-2007, 07:08 PM

They 'don't count' if you eat them straight off the cooling rack.....or if they've broken, or if no one else sees you eating them!

Littleweeme · #12 (**permalink**) 20-06-2007, 10:39 AM

droooooooooooool! My boyfriend said do the hob nob people know you have nicked their recipe!!!! Hob nobs are his fave biccy too.

These are delicious or as I like to say re-ricious........ mmmmmmmmm

Flummery · #13 (**permalink**) 20-06-2007, 11:16 AM

Making these tomorrow - I often take biscuits to our choral society practices on Thursay evenings. Just to prove I'm retired - smug mode!
The thing about low guilt biscuits is that you can eat twice as many. It's the same priciple as light mayo - twice as much goes on!

Flummery · #14 (**permalink**) 21-06-2007, 11:40 AM

Made them with whole meal SR flour. Gorgeous! Now I can kid myself that they are good for me. Practically medicine in fact!

eskymo · #15 (**permalink**) 22-06-2007, 09:28 PM

Oh my god these cookies are amazing. I added some chopped hazlenuts and some chopped up green&blacks ginger chocolate and they totally melt in your mouth...not sure there will be any left for my OH when he gets in from work!

xspye · #16 (**permalink**) 31-07-2007, 11:18 AM

This is a great recipie, Thanks for posting it.

I used soft brown sugar and added a heaped teaspoon of ground ginger and a handful of chopped crystaline ginger, the result was very VERY pleasing

Also added sultanas and cinammon and thinking about adding chopped up bits of apple....... Can see people starting to get fed up with being fed experiments

although they're aren't bored of the chocolate brownie yet

wellie · #17 (**permalink**) 02-08-2007, 08:55 PM

Or he'll have me back in that kitchen before you can blink!
As if Hazel's recipe wasn't good enough...... how amazing are you lot being with superb variations, I can't wait to try them (all!)

scarey55 · #18 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 09:29 PM

Wow Hazel - just made these and they are wonderful and so easy. I urge anyone with an ounce of cooking skills to try these. What can I say, thanks Hazel .... and Wellie and Trousers for having this recipe posted mmmmm and double mmmmmm. I am soooooo going to impress my visitors.
A very happy (if slightly overweight) Clare

wellie · #19 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 11:02 PM

Clare,
Trousers had to make them himself, as he couldn't prize me out of the greenhouses! But I'm here to tell you, they are GORGEOUS biscuits, and I think it's about time he made some more this weekend! (Incidentally, us Girlies were 'made' for Love Handles, so Go For It!)

Hazel at the Hill · #20 (**permalink**) 09-08-2007, 02:38 PM

Showed this thread to big sister Helen at the weekend (who gave me the recipe, if you recall - do try to keep up!) and she was very flattered 'gosh, have all those people cooked my biscuits...!'

So thank you for your kind comments, grapes, much appreciated!

kirsty b · #21 (**permalink**) 09-08-2007, 03:08 PM

Well Hazel,
you can add another two to that list for your sister.
Meself and Lauren are just off to make some.

Kirsty

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