Here’s a simple, tasty recipe that Lou baked up this week. I can confirm that they are absolutely delicious and go very well with a cup of tea. I cannot however confirm who was responsible for the bite taken out of the biscuit in the picture above.

They’re by no means a health food but eaten sensibly we all know there’s always room for something tasty in a balanced diet. Happy baking!

Ingredients:

• 85 grams of porridge oats

• 100 grams of plain flour

• 100 grams of caster sugar

• 100 grams of melted butter

• 50 grams of chopped, crystallised ginger (you can use coconut instead if you prefer the flavour or just fancy some variety)

• 1 tablespoon of golden syrup

• 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

 Nutritional info (one biscuit):

• Calories - 118

• Carbs - 13g

•  Sugar - 6g

• Fat - 7g (from saturates 5g)

• Protein - 1g

• Fibre - 1g

How to bake:

1. Preheat the oven to 180c (fan oven 160c)/gas mark 4/

2. Put the oats, ginger (or coconut), flour and sugar into a bowl.

3.  Melt the butter in a pan or a microwave, then add the golden syrup

4. Add the bicarbonate of soda to the dry mix

5. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients, then pour in the butter and syrup; stir gently to incorporate all the ingredients

6. Scoop out a dessertspoonful of the mixture and place on a buttered baking sheet; repeat ensuring they are around 2.5cm/1inch apart to allow room for spreading.

7. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown

Prepare for plenty more recipes soon with the launch of balance club this week.