Recipe: Oatcake cookies with peanut butter frosting

These delicious oatcake cookies are super fun to make and assemble and even better to eat with a tall glass of ice-cold milk

Ingredients

Cakes

210g plain flour

4tbsp cocoa powder

225g butter, at room temperature

360g Siúcra rich dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1tsp vanilla extract

50g dark chocolate, chopped

1tsp baking powder

1 1/4tsp salt flakes

550ml porridge oats

Peanut butter frosting

2tbsp butter, at room temperature

120g Siúcra Icing Sugar

100ml natural creamy peanut butter

3tbsp milk

1/2 tsp salt flakes

Method

• Preheat the oven to 175°C.
  
• Combine the flour and cocoa powder in a bowl and set to one side.
  
• Beat the butter and rich dark brown sugar until pale and creamy.
  
• Add the eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder and salt.
  
• Mix well. Stir in the porridge oats, flour, cocoa powder mixture, and the chopped chocolate.
  
• Form the mixture into small balls 2-3 cm in diameter and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Press them slightly with the finger or hand. Bake for about 10-12 minutes.
  
• Leave to cool completely.
  
• For the frosting: Put the room temperature butter, icing sugar, milk and salt in a bowl. Beat together until the frosting is fluffy and creamy.
  
• Place about 1 tsp of frosting in the middle of one cake, spread it out a little, and place a second cake on top. Press the cakes together carefully so that the filling just comes to the edges.

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