Golden Syrup and Oat Cookies
A quick and easy golden syrup and oat cookie recipe. Enjoy with a cup of tea or glass of cold milk.
My Mum used to make these moreish buttery golden syrup and oat cookies all the time when I was younger.
They bring back great childhood memories of licking the syrup spoon clean. Did any one else love doing that?!
These golden syrup and oat cookies take less than 10 minutes to make, and 10 minutes to bake in the oven. Handy for busy days when you just want to get your bake on, but don't have a lot of time.
Most importantly the kids love them!
These cookies are egg free, so they are a great recipe if you, or a member of your family, have an egg allergy.
A lot of my readers have been in touch to say how much they love them.
CAN YOU FREEZE THE COOKIES?
Yes, these cookies can be frozen. Just make sure they are sealed in a tupperware box before placing in the freezer.
The recipe can easily be doubled so why not make a double batch and freeze half?
These syrup and oat cookies are perfect for after school snacks. I always take some to the kids sports clubs after school to keep the hunger pangs at bay until dinner time.
The recipe can easily be doubled so why not make a double batch and freeze half?
These syrup and oat cookies are perfect for after school snacks. I always take some to the kids sports clubs after school to keep the hunger pangs at bay until dinner time.
TOP TIPS FOR MAKING GOLDEN SYRUP AND OAT COOKIES
- Add a few tablespoons of desiccated coconut to the cookie mix to give them a coconut flavour.
- For a weekend treat, use the cookies to make ice cream sandwiches with vanilla ice cream.
- Cut the refined sugar by using clear runny honey instead of golden syrup.
- Adding a handful of raisins will give them a sweet fruity taste. You could also add a handful of chopped nuts for added texture. Walnuts or pecan nuts would work well. One of my readers has made some tasty additions to the basic recipe.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO MAKE THE COOKIES
The syrup and oat cookies are made using the melting method, so a heavy based saucepan* is a must have. You will also need a wooden spoon* to mix the cookie dough together, and 2 large baking sheets* to bake the cookies on.
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NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF OATS
Oats are incredibly nutritious. They are full of fibre and can also lower cholesterol.
These golden syrup biscuits make a great snack with a glass of cold milk, and will keep kiddies tummies full for longer.
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Back to the syrup and oat cookies, and if you'd like to know how easy they are to make, read on!
STEP BY STEP GOLDEN SYRUP & OAT COOKIES
Yield: 15

Golden Syrup & Oat Cookies
Prep time: 10 MCook time: 10 MTotal time: 20 M
An easy and quick golden syrup and oat cookie recipe.
Ingredients:
- 100g Butter
- 100g Light Brown Sugar
- 2 TBSP Golden Syrup
- 1 TSP Vanilla Extract
- 100g Self Raising Flour
- 100g Oats
- 1/2tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 180°c (160° fan) and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan on a low heat. Take off the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
- Stir through the flour, oats and bicarbonate of soda and mix until combined.
- Spoon heaped teaspoons of the cookie mix onto the baking sheets, spaced well apart, and bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove to a cooling rack.
Calories
129.94
129.94
Fat (grams)
5.91
5.91
Sat. Fat (grams)
3.51
3.51
Carbs (grams)
17.91
17.91
Fiber (grams)
0.85
0.85
Net carbs
17.06
17.06
Sugar (grams)
7.72
7.72
Protein (grams)
1.60
1.60
Sodium (milligrams)
126.32
126.32
Cholesterol (grams)
14.33
14.33
Calories and nutrition is for 1 cookie
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They look and sound fantastic. Perfect with a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteNow I know what to do with that golden syrup Matt bought to make honeycomb candy
ReplyDeleteThey look the perfect thing to eat with a cup of tea. Oats and golden syrup make great cookie pairings
ReplyDeleteThese cookies look so good! Thanks for sharing your recipe :)
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look absolutely fantastic. I love the combo of oats and golden syrup together.
ReplyDeleteWe can find golden syrup here sometimes. I know for sure they would carry it at Taste of Britain.
ReplyDelete:-O! You feed your builders homemade cookies... You truly are super-pregnant-woman (if you get what I mean lol)! xxx
ReplyDeleteI love homemade cookies, especially those with oats, nuts, honey, seasame seeds, raisins.
ReplyDeleteI'll bookmark your recipe and make it once the occasion comes around.
I rarely make internet posts but felt strongly compelled to for this exeptional case.
ReplyDeleteI recently baked these cookies. They are so easy to make and one of the most satisfying baking experiences as they are simply delicious.
I give them to my boyfriend in his packed lunch; he finds them so tasty that he refuses to share any with his colleagues.
10/10 !
I love the fact that your recipes are homely, just the kind of food I want to eat.
ReplyDeletewhen I make these they don't look like yours, they spread out much more... any ideas?
ReplyDeleteMost likely too much syrup. Try not to be too liberal with it
ReplyDeleteSorry but I thought these were awful, they spread out and took forever to unweld from the tray. I used the syrup stated in the recipe and did not alter any of the amounts. I wouldn't try them again.
ReplyDeleteI just made these with my 6 year old niece. They were easy enough for her to help, and we both *loved* them. They looked just like the ones in the photos. We'll definitely be making them again!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this recipe. I've made these cookies about 5 times now with the addition of choc chips, raisins and apricot cinnamon today and they have worked every time :) I used to have a similar recipe and lost it so am very pleased to have this one. Thanks again
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked them Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteI made these this morning.. super easy, super quick and superlicious too... my son and I demolished the first batch in 60 seconds flat!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.. will be popping in regulartly now :-)
Glad you enjoyed them Helen
ReplyDeletehi ive just made these and ive added coco to them, there yummy my kids will love them if there are any left when they get home, there so quick to i end up make them over and over i expect
ReplyDeleteJust made these, so so easy and totally delicious!
ReplyDeleteI made a batch of these cookies last week and they were really yummy! �� There aren’t very many left but I am going to freeze some. I had to bake them for 15 mins at 160 in my fan oven. However they came out with a crispy edge and a chewy middle which is the best combination! Not sure how I managed that, but anyway! I assumed I needed half a teaspoon of bicarb although the recipe doesn’t seem to state the spoon size, unless I missed something somewhere! My mum enjoyed them too! Thank you for the recipe! I was thinking about putting some raisins in next time I make a batch!
ReplyDeleteOh. My. Word. I've been looking for this recipe for ages. These were cookies our mother made regularly when I was child. It was our absolute favourite in the house. We called them Oaty Parkins. I moved away and the recipe has been lost. I could never quite remember the ratios of ingredients since we just used a cup and dumped it in. This is perfect though and a total taste of my childhood. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found the recipe. I really love your name for the cookies!
DeleteThey were really delicious. I remembered at the last moment that we used ginger in our cookies so subbed out the vanilla for 1.5tsp ground ginger. It gives them a lovely warmth. Absolutely perfect. Thank you so much! I'm off to make another batch!
DeleteHaving seen the picture and read the comments I was really excited about making these cookies, I followed exactly the instructions but have manged to make sweet oaty crisps and not cookies. I'm not sure what went wrong!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as though you might have added too much golden syrup. I make sure I use a proper tbsp measuring spoon as people often confuse dessert spoons with tablespoons and end up putting too much syrup in.
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