Saturday, November 05, 2005

Today's Theme: Oats! (Scottish Oatcakes & Honey Oatmeal Twist)

Decided to go healthy today and bake something that taste good yet healthy and low-calorie. Too much baking of calorie-laden stuff is finally taking a toll on me. :-p

Oats! Oats are good, and particularly good for me who by "genetic default", have high-cholesterol. I like this recipe for Scottish Oatcakes taken from Alex Goh's Bread recipe book. Consisting mainly of oats with low sugar content (although original recipe has no sugar) and minimal trace of oil, it looks ideal as health food. And it also looks like it could keep for quite a while, making it convenient to bring to the office. Most importantly, it wasn't tough to make and it taste rather good too! Would definitely make this again.
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And for the family, I baked this Honey Oatmeal Twist. Although no egg was used, this bread remained soft the next day. When it was just out from the oven, the skin was flaky and crispy. This bread has a subtle sweetness, slightly scented with cinnamon. Very nice....
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I like it so much that I took many pictures of it. Here it is again.
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And again...
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Click on title for link to recipe for this bread.

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