Many people love homemade oatmeal cookies, but not many people know the history of its origin. In every country in the world, not only their cooking of oatmeal cookies, but also the name homemade oatmeal cookies has a different name. Such cookies are known as “anzak”, “flat cake”, “soldier tile” or “soldier’s waffle”. The anzac for Australian soldiers was prepared very hard so that it could be stored for a long time and, if necessary, replaced bread. Today, oatmeal cookies are a national product of this country.
In Scotland, oatmeal cookies were cooked in a pan. It had the name "cake" and the corresponding form. During the immigration to Australia, Scottish women brought their oatmeal cookies, the recipe for which was simple, and the cookies turned out to be lean.
During World War I, Australia was preoccupied not only with the preservation of cookies, but also with its softness and freshness, since soldiers must fully eat during military trips. It was then that cookies began to be packed in sealed cans.
Judging by the name of the cookie, it can be assumed that its main component is oats, namely oatmeal. And indeed it is. What is needed in order to prepare oatmeal cookies, the recipe for which I will now describe in detail. It is advisable for us to have the following ingredients on hand: oatmeal, almonds, sesame seeds, flaxseed and sunflower seeds, butter, flour, eggs, granulated sugar or honey. It is these components that are ideally necessary, but it is possible to prepare oatmeal cookies to diversify the recipe. For example, those seeds or nuts that are written above can be replaced with those that you have. To this delicacy, if desired, you can add dried fruits. The preparation is simple: you need to mix all the available ingredients into a thick mixture. Next, from it you need to mold small cakes. We spread them on parchment, squeezing while doing so, so that we get flat cutlets. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send our baking sheet with future biscuits to the oven. Baking time - no more than 20 minutes. Taking them out of the oven and cooling, you can enjoy the finished cookies. It’s good to drink it with milk, tea or kefir. But its main advantage is that it is not only tasty, but also the most useful and dietary treat, which is equally useful to eat, both for children and adults.
I will offer one very tasty oatmeal cookie, the recipe for which is suitable for every day. We need to remove a pack of butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it can soften and easily allow itself to be ground with 150 grams of sugar. It is also necessary to introduce 200 grams of oatmeal and 2 testicles here. To prevent cookies from losing their specific crunch, it is advisable to mix the mixture manually, since the mixer will grind the flakes very much and the crunch will disappear. At the end of the batch, add a glass of flour and baking powder. Knead a homogeneous dough and send it to the refrigerator for a couple of hours. This will allow the oatmeal to swell, absorbing moisture.
Next, you need to get the dough out of the refrigerator, and moisten your hands in water. Due to this, when forming cookies, the dough will not remain on your hands. It is important to form not too thick liver cells, as it will be more difficult for them to bake in the oven. We spread them on a greased baking sheet so that there is a distance between them, since when baking, the cookies increase in size by about two times. Such cookies must be baked in a preheated oven. Baking time - 20 minutes. So quickly and easily you can pamper your family with useful cookies. At the same time, his recipe can be varied by adding various nuts and fruits to the composition.