Ingredients

• 7 oz. demerara sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 oz. plain flour
• 3 oz. medium oatmeal
• 1 level teaspoonful baking powder
• 2 level teaspoonfuls salt
• 3 level teaspoonfuls Horlicks
• 2 oz. chopped nuts, chopped (walnuts, hazel nuts or almonds)
• 4 oz. butter
•   melted fat, for greasing the tin
•   waxed paper or greaseproof paper

Method

1. Put the sugar into a bowl then add the egg and stir to mix them well together.
2. Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt and Horlicks and add to the mixture with the oatmeal and the chopped nuts.
3. Melt the butter over a gentle heat, then allow it to cool slightly before adding it to the mixture to make a stiff dough.
4. Roll the mixture inside a long strip of waxed or greaseproof paper into a long sausage, about one and a half inches in diameter; put this in the refrigerator until it is well-chilled and firm. The roll could be frozen at this stage.
5. Remove the paper and cut the roll into quarter-inch slices; put these on to a baking tray greased with melted fat, allowing them plenty of space to spread.
6. Bake the biscuits at Gas Mark 4 or 350°F or 180°C for 10 minutes.
7. Remove the biscuits from the tray as soon as they come out of the oven and put them on a wire cooling rack.

Notes