Quaker oat biscuits, raisin loaf

Quaker oat biscuits 1 - double baked

Ingredients
4 teacups Quaker Oats
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 oz margarine

Method
Melt margarine 
Add to other dry ingredients
Bake in 20 to 30 minutes in a flat tin (moderate oven?)
Cool slightly
Cut into squares and put onto a wire rack
Return to a cool oven for an hour or 2

Quaker Oat Biscuits 2

10 oz oats
6 oz flour
4 oz sugar
8 oz margarine or butter

Cream butter and sugar
Mix in oats and flour
Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour




 

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