Mamalade

These are foolproof – well almost. I usually triple the recipe and make lots. This is not a good idea if you have trouble remembering how many cups you’ve just put in.

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup sugar (3/4 cup if you prefer them less sweet)
• 3/4 cup dessicated coconut
• 2 tablespoons golden syrup
• 125 (4oz) butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate soda
• 2 tablespoons boiling water

Mix together flour, oats, sugar and coconut. Melt the syrup and butter over gentle heat. Dissolve the bicarb. soda in the boiling water, stir into syrup mixture and pour over dry ingredients.

Mix in well. (You’ll have to get your hands into it. Don’t be squeamish – just get into it and hope the phone does’t ring!)

Put globs of the mixture onto greased oven trays. Bake in a moderate oven for about 20 mins.

Sometimes I use honey instead of syrup and flavour them with almond essence. Very nice.