Porridge cookies

This recipe uses up leftover porridge into a tasty cookie recipe. The cookie comes out somewhere between a cookie and a flapjack. Making these is a good opportunity to chat about food waste; in a nutshell it’s not good for the world, so let’s find interesting ways to use up our leftovers.

Ingredients

150g leftover porridge

150g oats

150g self raising flour

Xx oil

1 egg

2 little handfuls of raisins

1 tsp vanilla essence

½ tsp cinnamon

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°/ 180°C fan/ gas 6.

Kids: Tip your leftover porridge into a mixing bowl and add the oats and self-raising flour.

Add the cinnamon and mix lightly.

In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, oil and vanilla essence and pour into the oat mixture.

Stir with a spoon until it is well combined. Then use your hands to bring into a dough. Use a tablespoon to spoon small blobs onto a baking tray and squash down gently with your hands.

Grownups: Bake in the oven for 12-15 min.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Warning! Children should be supervised when cooking at all times. Children should use child safe knives and never use the oven or hob unsupervised.