Homemade Hobnobs

In an episode of the Vicar of Dibley, Geraldine (the vicar) asks Owen to help her unload groceries from her car, and offers him eternal salvation in return. To paraphrase the rest:

Owen: Got anything.....more unnebulous?
Vicar: Chocolate Hobnobs?
Owen: Let's do it!

I've enjoyed McVitie's Digestives before, but when I was in the British food section of Hiller's market a week ago, I decided to try another McVitie's cookie: Hobnobs (the plain ones, not the chocolate ones). They had a lot of oats and whole wheat and nothing too terrible in them.

And they were delicious. Crispy, "grain-y" (by which I mean the flavor of the oats and wheat were prominent), substantial and satisfying.

I should make my own, I thought.

But, of course, when I googled "homemade Hobnobs," someone else (well, scores of other people) had beaten me to it. So no points for an original idea, but it does mean I have a couple recipes for Hobnobs at my disposal! And I found neat-o blogs in the process. Here are links to the recipes from Cookie Madness (cool blog!) and from La Recette du Jour (be sure to read Judy's comments under the blog post--pretty interesting).