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Scottish Oatcakes
Scottish oatcakes are traditional flat cakes made from oats, similar to a biscuit, cracker, or flatbread. Although there are many versions of oatcakes - chewy or hard, rough or fine - they're usually made with a combination of rolled oats, oatmeal, butter (or bacon fat), salt, and hot water.
The two types of oats are mixed with melted butter and hot water. The dough is kneaded into a ball and then rolled out and cut into rounds. The oatcakes are baked in the oven for about half an hour and then eaten once they have cooled down. They've been made in Scotland since Roman times, but many people believe that the oatcakes were made long before that.
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