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Weekend Dish: Oatcakes

By Catherine Toth Fox • June 26, 2011 • Food, Weekend Dish

Derek eats a bowl of oatmeal a day.

So I thought a 10-pound box of Quaker Oats from Costco was a thoughtful — and financially responsible — buy.

I didn’t realize — maybe because I don’t eat oatmeal — just how long that box was going to last.

So I needed to do something about it.

I’ve never been a big fan of oatcakes. The only ones I don’t mind are Akamai Breakfast Oatcakes and the ones from Starbucks.

And since neither company was going to divulge its secret to me, I figured I could find something similar online.

And I did.

It’s called “Sandra’s Oatcakes,” a recipe I found in a 2005 article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

Sandra Stenen, owner of Serenity and Massage in Hawaii Kai, developed a recipe that comes close to the oatcakes sold at the popular chain coffee shop.

So I had to try it.

It didn’t take long to make — but it did take a bunch of ingredients I didn’t have readily available. The end result: a great-tasting, low-fat alternative to oatmeal in the morning. Maybe this will make me a believer!

Here’s the step-by-step, with the recipe below:

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This recipe required a trip to the supermarket for items like toasted wheat germ ($8) and a sugar substitute. But don't think this is a fat-free oatcake! There's sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce, honey and eggs. No butter, though.

Sandra’s Oatcakes
slightly modified

Ingredients:

4 cups rolled oats
2 cups flour
1 cup toasted wheat germ
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown Sugar Twin (though I used 1/2 cup Splenda)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup honey
2 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup nuts (I used cashews and almonds)
1-1/2 cups raisins (I used dried apricots)
1 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-1/2-by-13-inch pan with foil and lightly spray with cooking spray (such as Pam).

Combine oats, flour, sugars, salt, cinnamon and wheat germ.

Combine oil, applesauce, honey, eggs and nuts in a blender. Blend until nuts are finely chopped. Add to dry ingredients and mix well. Fold in dried fruit. Spread in baking pan and press lightly to even top.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cool, then cut.

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7 Comments

  • Reply oldshoes June 26, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    in keeping with the healthy theme, shouldnt olive oil be used instead? or even coconut oil? Either way…thanks. just the recipe i was looking for. Its easy! Wonder how some added rum(healthy rum) would work out…..

    • Reply Catherine Toth June 27, 2011 at 12:34 pm

      You’re probably right about the oil. I just followed the recipe (sort of) and will likely modify it later.

      Why didn’t I think of rum……..!

  • Reply David Jackson June 27, 2011 at 2:59 am

    I always use olive oil as it is very nutritious. Other than that all there is to say is yummy.

    • Reply Catherine Toth June 27, 2011 at 12:35 pm

      We recently bought grape seed oil… It doesn’t taste the same…

      • Reply David Jackson June 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm

        Grapeseed oil is good stuff but not necessarily a good substitute for other oils. I found it tastes ok in fruit smoothies. Rule of thumb use olive for low heat and grapeseed for high heat cooking. Some friends like grapeseed oil as part of salad dressings.

  • Reply @rhtakara June 28, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    here’s what I made today ….

    Sandra’s Oatcakes (modified by @rhtakara)
    Ingredients:
    4 cups rolled oats
    2 cups flour
    1 cup toasted wheat germ
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    ¼ cup vegetable oil
    1 cup applesauce (this one had sugar)
    ¼ cup honey and also ½ cup blue agave sweetener
    2 eggs
    4 teaspoons vanilla
    1 cup nuts (I used sunflower seeds)
    1 cups raisins
    1 cup dried cranberries
    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-1/2-by-13-inch pan with foil and lightly spray with cooking spray (such as Pam).
    Combine oats, flour, sugars, salt, cinnamon and wheat germ.
    Combine oil, applesauce, honey, eggs half of the fruit and nuts in a blender. Blend until nuts are finely chopped. Add to dry ingredients and mix well. Fold in remainder of fruit. Spread in baking pan and press lightly to even top.
    Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cool, then cut.

  • Reply Kimi October 30, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    TFS – noticed you used the yoshi blade knife – recommend it? What’s your
    suggestion for storing it – refrigerate and microwave later. Is this recipe on
    the dry or moist side?

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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