Oatcake

Oatcake
Oatcakes
TypeCracker or biscuit
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Main ingredientsOats, salt, water (Scottish variety)[1]

An oatcake is a type of flatbread similar to a cracker or biscuit,[1][2][3] or in some versions takes the form of a pancake. They are prepared with oatmeal as the primary ingredient, and sometimes include plain or wholemeal flour as well.[4] Oatcakes are cooked on a griddle (girdle in Scots)[5][6] or baked in an oven.

  1. ^ a b Martin, James. "Oatcakes recipes". BBC Food. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ Pippa Cuthbert; Lindsay Cameron Wilson (2007). Cookies!. New Holland Publishers. p. 68. ISBN 9781845376819.[permanent dead link]
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  5. ^ Chambers English Dictionary. W. & R. Chambers and Cambridge University Press. 1987. pp. 599, 624. ISBN 1-85296-000-0.
  6. ^ Mairi Robinson, ed. (1987). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen University Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.