This easy cheese oatcakes recipe has just 3 main ingredients and makes a delicious homemade healthy snack for kids!
I've always found that oatcakes are great for kids snacks. They're nutritious, filling and, with very few ingredients, make a lovely whole-food alternative to shop-bought crackers.
This simple oatcakes recipe is fun to make with kids and really tasty. The oats are a great source of carbohydrates, fibre and protein as well as multiple vitamins and minerals, and of course cheese is a great source of calcium and protein for growing kids.
To make baking with the kids easier, you’ll find a special printable child friendly recipe sheet for this recipe towards the end of this post, as well as the usual recipe card at the very end.
I created this recipe for the Eats Amazing Live Cook-Along sessions that we started last week. In view of the schools being shut and most children in the UK staying at home at the moment, my boys and I are live-filming some super easy recipes in the hope that other children around the UK (and indeed, around the world, if you’re awake at that time!) will join in and cook along with us.
If you couldn’t make it to join us live, don’t worry, the video is now available to watch hereon theEats Amazing Facebook page, so you can cook along with your kids in your own kitchen at whatever time suits you best!
Update: We baked this recipe live on the 31st March - here's our live video if you’d like to bake along with us in your own time!
You won't believe how quick and easy these oatcakes are to make - why not make a double batch whilst you're baking, as they won't be around for long!
Easy Cheese Oatcakes
Ingredients (makes 15):
- 120g oats
- 50g cheddar cheese
- 10g butter
- 1 Tbsp plain flour (for rolling out)
Method:
Preheat oven to 200°C (Gas mark 6/400°F). Line one large or two small baking trays with baking paper.
Weigh the oats and place them in a blender or food processor.
Whizz the oats until they have the consistency of rough flour.
Grate the cheese using a fine grater and place in a bowl along with the oats.
Mix together until well combined.
Place the butter in a small microwave-safe bowl and cook for 15 seconds at a time until melted.
Pour the melted butter into the bowl with the oats and grated cheese and add 75ml of warm water.
Mix well until the mixture comes together in a sticky dough. If it is too crumbly add a little more warm water as needed, a small splash at a time.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface to around the thickness of a £1 coin.
Using cookie cutters in a shape of your choice, cut the dough into individual oatcakes.
Transfer them to the lined tray.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes until the edges of the oatcakes are starting to lightly brown.
Remove from the oven and leave oatcakes on the baking tray for a few minutes to cool, before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Once completely cool, store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Enjoy!
Note: If you don't have cheddar cheese, you can use another hard cheese in this recipe instead, for example Edam, Gouda, Emmental, Gruyere, red Leicester, hard goats cheese or even Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese.
As this recipe was designed for our live kids cook-along series, I’ve created an extra child-friendly recipe sheet with simpler instructions for your child to follow. Click hereor on the picture below to download the PDF file to print out your copy.
If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like these similar oat and oatcake recipes to bake with your kids:
Disney Themed Oatcakes
Fruity Bug Oatcakes
For even more fun and easy recipes to cook with your kids, head over to theEasy Recipes for Kidssection here on the Eats Amazing blog, where you'll find lots more recipes with child-friendly recipes sheets.
Happy baking!
Grace
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Easy Cheese Oatcakes
This easy cheese oatcakes recipe has just 3 main ingredients and make a great healthy snack for kids!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Lunch Box, Snack
Cuisine: British, Gluten-Free
Servings: 15 oatcakes
Author: Grace Hall
Ingredients
- 120 g oats
- 50 g cheddar cheese
- 10 g butter
- 1 Tbsp plain flour for rolling out
Metric - US Cups/Ounces
Instructions
Preheat oven to 200°C (Gas mark 6/400°F). Line one large or two small baking trays with baking paper.
Weigh the oats and place them in a blender or food processor. Whizz the oats until they have the consistency of rough flour.
Grate the cheese using a fine grater and place in a bowl along with the oats.
Mix together until well combined.
Place the butter in a small microwave-safe bowl and cook for 15 seconds at a time until melted.
Pour the melted butter into the bowl with the oats and grated cheese and add 75ml of warm water.
Mix well until the mixture comes together in a sticky dough. If it is too crumbly add a little more warm water as needed, a small splash at a time.
Roll out the dough on a floured surface to around the thickness of a £1 coin.
Using cookie cutters in a shape of your choice, cut the dough into individual oatcakes and transfer them to the lined tray.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes until the edges of the oatcakes are starting to lightly brown.
Remove from the oven and leave oatcakes on the baking tray for a few minutes to cool, before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
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Notes
Once completely cool, store in an airtight container for up to a week.
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