oaty toffee biscuits (based on the weight watchers Lace biscuits)

4 tble spns of Melted reduced fat butter,

half a cup of brown sugar,

half a cup of rolled oats

a quarter of a cup of slivered or flaked almonds. (I might try pecans next time)

Mix them all together in a bowl. Place half teaspoonfuls of mixture 5cm apart. Cook for 10 minutes at about 160*C :they will melt and spread- boy do they spread, they need all that space! Where they ran together I just pushed them apart and shaped them back into rounds before leaving them to cool and set for 5 mins before shifting them to a wire rack to completely cool.Alternatively just leave them and snap them apart when the are cool as you transfer them to the wire rack.

burnt butter biscuits

Cammy catered for all our special occasions with her sponges or fruit cakes for christenings and weddings.


Cammy's Burnt Butter Biscuits
1/4 lb butter, brown and when cool add a good 1/2 cup sugar, mix in 1 beaten egg and 1 cup SR flour. (all of this is done in the saucepan you have used to brown the butter!)
Roll tspn fulls into balls, press half an almond on each and cook in a moderate oven for 10-15 mins. Leave room for them to spread
For a Change: Add 1/2 cup of dessicated coconut to the mixture and leave off the almond. (I actually like to add the coconut and put a whole almond on!!! Cammy didn't write it here but I recall her pressing them lightly with a fork especially if they didn't have the almond on them.)

Cammy's Father's Favourites
1/4 lb butter (melted)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup coconut
1 cup SR flour
1 cup chopped dates
Place all thesein a bowl and mix. Then add 1 beaten egg. Put in an oblong tin (she would press it gently into the tin using her knuckles- giving the surface a unique ripple.) Bake in a moderate oven for20-30 mins (the longer it is left the dryer it becomes it is more chewy if cooked for only 20 minutes, play with it until you find what you prefer, as Cammy got older she preferred it dryer, I like it chewy!)
For Variation: add dried apricots and walnuts (I prefer pecans myself)

Cammy's Fathers Favourite.

Holiday baking

The ingredients...

mix them all together...

press them into the tin and bake...

Yum, Cammy's Father's Favourites!
(Cammy was my grandmother, Christina. As her first grandchild I christened her Cammy because I had trouble saying Granny and it stuck...almost everyone ended up calling her Cammy!)