Description
Crunchy, buttery homemade hobnobs packed with hearty oats and optionally topped with smooth milk chocolate for a classic British teatime treat.
Ingredients
- 100 g unsalted butter or baking spread
- 100 g light brown soft sugar
- 50 g golden syrup
- 125 g rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 150 g wholemeal plain flour
- 100 g milk chocolate, melted
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C fan) and line two or three baking trays with parchment paper.
- Add the butter, light brown sugar, and golden syrup to a mixing bowl. Beat together until smooth and well combined.
- Stir in the rolled oats, bicarbonate of soda, sea salt, and wholemeal flour. Continue mixing until a dough forms. The dough may appear crumbly at first, but keep mixing and gently press it together with your hands if needed.
- Scoop heaped tablespoons of dough and roll them into balls. Arrange them on the lined baking trays, leaving space between each biscuit.
- Gently flatten each ball to about half its height.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden brown. For crunchier biscuits, bake closer to 15 minutes.
- Leave the biscuits to cool fully on the trays so they firm up.
- If adding chocolate, melt the milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl until smooth.
- Spread about a teaspoon of melted chocolate onto the flat underside of each biscuit and spread evenly to the edges.
- Allow the chocolate to set at room temperature or chill briefly in the fridge.
- Serve and enjoy with tea, coffee, or as a sweet snack.
Notes
- Rolled oats provide the best classic hobnob texture.
- The dough may seem crumbly at first but will come together with mixing.
- For crunchier biscuits, bake for the full 15 minutes.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
- Freeze baked biscuits or unbaked dough for up to 3 months.
- Use dairy-free butter and chocolate for a dairy-free version.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 biscuit
- Calories: 165
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 12mg
