Gluten Free Staffordshire Oatcakes - Coeliac Sanctuary

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Posted On: 2nd February 2023

Growing up not far from Staffordshire and working in both Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent, I was forever eating Staffordshire oatcakes before Coeliac, I never realised they were so easy to make gluten free yourself at home! If you don't know what a Staffordshire oatcake is it is basically an oaty version of a crepe and absolutely delicious stuffed with bacon and cheese or various other fillings. As long as you can tolerate gluten free oats, you need to give them a go!

Ingredients

300ml milk
300ml water
7g fast action dried yeast
150g gluten free oats
150g gluten free plain flour
1tsp sugar
Pinch salt
8-9tsp oil

Preparation Time: 1 Hour 15 Mins
Cooking Time: 45 Mins

This recipe contains

Dairy

Method

1. Place the milk and water into a jug, warm for around 45 seconds in the microwave until tepid/slightly warm to touch but not hot and then add in the yeast, stir and allow to sit for 10-15 mins. The yeast should go frothy on the top.

2. Meanwhile, blitz the oats in a food processor or mini chopper to get coarse but finer oats - like oatmeal. Pour into a large mixing bowl.

3. Add the gluten free plain flour, sugar and salt and stir to mix.

4. Pour in the milky yeast mixture and beat well to combine. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place to prove for around an hour. The mix should thicken and be almost the consistency of double cream.

5. Place a tsp of oil in a 26cm frying pan and heat. Add in one ladle full of the batter and swirl around the pan - you want a thin covering otherwise they are doughy. Leave the pan on a medium heat and cook for 3 mins, little holes/bubbles should appear on the top.

6. After 3 mins gently flip with a fish slice, be careful they are quite fragile when cooking. Cook for a further 2 mins then remove from the pan. Repeat with the remaining batter adding a teaspoon of oil between each one (I found dry frying or spray oil didn't work quite right, it had to be oil). I got 9 oatcakes from the mix.

7. Allow to cool and you can freeze, or heat them up and serve immediately, great filled with bacon and cheese!

You can make this recipe dairy free if you wish, just switch the milk - this would also make them vegan

Here are some ideas of fillings, most revolve around popular breakfast foods. You could put in your gluten free Staffordshire oatcakes -
Bacon and Cheese
Sausage and Cheese
Bacon, Mushrooms and Ketchup
Cheese and Onion
Cheese, Bacon, Mushrooms, Sausage and Beans
...or whatever you like really - I have heard people put chicken salad in them, tuna...or even just ketchup!

This recipe makes 9 oatcakes
Nutritional info per oatcake