Part fairy cake, part flapjack. A recipe.
I’ve had this recipe on a scrappy piece of paper for so long, it is about time I wrote it up properly. Just in case the paper is lost (which has happened a number of times and my heart starts pounding. I kick myself for not having written it elsewhere and promise myself I will as soon as I find it. Then I find it. And I calm down. Then forget to write it up.)
The original recipe is from my mum’s very old Be-Ro flour recipe book. You can still get the Be-Ro book but it no longer includes this recipe. It costs £1.50 and is a bargain.They call the recipe Crunchies but they aren’t *that* crunchie. I don’t know what I’d call them, really. Iced Biscuits will have to do.
This is my adapted recipe anyway. It makes 28/30 biscuits depending on how big you want them. My recipe is in ounces so that’s how I’m giving it you.
- 6 oz butter
- 4oz caster sugar
- 2 tsp golden syrup
- 1 – 2 tsp boiling water
- a dash of vanilla extract
- 6 oz self raising flour
- 3 oz oats
Thank you for sharing the recipe! I shall try it in the summer with GF substitutions – it looks like the sort of recipe that should stand up well.
I think it would go quite well with GF flour, Jenni as the mixture is quite wet.
Paul’s grandma gave me three old Be-ro books ages back. I’ll have to have a look to see if this recipe is in one of them! They’re a great heirloom
And I might try the recipe too. It sounds fab!
They’re fabulous, Beth. They look older than the one my mum’s got.
I’d forgotten about the ‘ordinary coal oven’ part until I looked the post out… still can’t get over that
So glad she gave them to me!
Hi Helen – I made these biscuits last week and they went down VERY well with my family – thank you! I might try making them with chocolate chips next time (instead of icing them – ‘cos I’m lazy) – do you think that would work?!