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Home made biscuits

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mrsmopp Tue 28-Jan-14 18:08:29

Just made some flapjack type biscuits but disappointed as they have turned out soft and sticky. Any ideas if they can be rescued, re-used or shall I just bin them?
I must be losing my touch. Not used this particular recipe for a long time.

janerowena Tue 28-Jan-14 18:36:11

Firstly, did you used margarine. Some of them are no good for flapjacks. Secondly - they need to be cold before you remove them from the tray. Otherwise they crumble up. I think you could maybe microwave the poor things with a big splodge of butter and maybe some golden syrup, stirring every 30 seconds until all stirred in and splodgy (technical cooking term) again, and then re-cook for ten minutes or so. That what I would do, anyway. But I always use butter. And make them individually in muffin trays, because I can't cope with the hassle of having them break. I make a batch every week.

Paige Tue 28-Jan-14 18:41:46

A little sugar,cinnamon,fruit and butter even better brown sugar and pop in the oven a while..a pudding! BTW this is Envious I've changed my name.Every time I saw the word in a posting I'd have to look twice!

Soutra Tue 28-Jan-14 18:58:22

Oh poor you! You could send them to me and I'd take them off your hands grin or, I imagine, GNHQ could force themselves to help out? grinwink

Nonu Tue 28-Jan-14 18:59:10

HOWDY de DOODY , Paige , nice to see you , hope life is treating you well.

Nonu Tue 28-Jan-14 19:02:05

Steady on Soutra .
Remember "Little pickers wear bigger knickers "
Do not come moaning to me a later in the year , Me , I am being a good girl .

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 28-Jan-14 19:05:12

Soft and sticky would n't bother me! Sigh!!!

mrsmopp Tue 28-Jan-14 19:05:33

Yes, I used butter, oats, flour, some sugar, spoon of honey. Put them on a baking tray & they spread out as they do, ended up touching each other. Should I have left them in tin to cool? Thought they'd have stuck to tin if I did that. They just need to crisp up a bit. Back in the oven, would that work?

janerowena Tue 28-Jan-14 19:05:36

Little pickers wear bigger knickers! I love that.

Soutra Tue 28-Jan-14 19:07:22

Too true, alas! sad wink

NfkDumpling Tue 28-Jan-14 19:12:49

At least if they're sticky you can still eat them. I made some flapjacks for the family coming last weekend and I think I left them in a touch too long. Not burnt but they needed a hammer, chisel and good teeth!

janerowena Tue 28-Jan-14 19:19:10

You can try, but it depends how much they had been removed. I gave my bedt friend very specific instructions not to remove hers - but she couldn't wait and they fell to bits. Try it and see.

janerowena Tue 28-Jan-14 19:19:32

Push it back in very firmly.

Nonu Tue 28-Jan-14 19:22:16

Jane , as the actress said to the bishop !!
When he was scriggling !

Ana Tue 28-Jan-14 19:38:48

'Scriggling'! Never heard it called that before, Nonu! wink

Nonu Tue 28-Jan-14 20:00:13

ANA, Ana ,scriggling --- writhe or twist about , but you knew that !!

Laugh !

Ana Tue 28-Jan-14 20:01:30

No, I've honestly never come across that word before!

absent Tue 28-Jan-14 20:06:43

Chop/break them up or pull them apart and mix with vanilla (or other) ice cream.

TriciaF Tue 28-Jan-14 20:14:09

I made some like that yesterday, and they came out good, but some burnt on the bottom.(I've got a funny french gas oven.)
Try this recipe:
180ml oil mixed with 2 eggs, vanilla
Mix 200g w and b sugar, 300g mixed flours plus 50g extra grains (eg muesli)
Combine.
Medium oven, 20 to 30 mins, but watch in case they burn.
Avoid raisins.

TriciaF Tue 28-Jan-14 20:17:03

ps for your failed biscuits, crumble them up and use as a topping over fruit for a pudding.
Return to a hot oven for 15 mins or so.

Deedaa Tue 28-Jan-14 21:32:12

Scriggling was a favourite word of Miss Mapp in the Mapp and Lucia books by E.F.Benson.

Nonu Tue 28-Jan-14 21:42:00

DEE , you have also read E.F.Benson !
grin

NfkDumpling Tue 28-Jan-14 22:15:44

Oh, Absent I'll remember your idea for next time if not before. My rock hard flapjacks just got dunked in coffee and all got eaten anyway!

Aka Tue 28-Jan-14 23:04:30

Sort of biscottijacks Nfk?

NfkDumpling Wed 29-Jan-14 09:36:28

And they didn't collapse (that says how hard they were). Perhaps I'm on to something - Biscottijacks - like it!