If you’re in the market for a quick and easy sweet treat, these biscuits have your name on them. The recipe comes from Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients cookbook so five ingredients are all you’re going to need (well, more if you count the dried mixed fruit and nuts as multiple ingredients, but let’s not be pedantic) and it’s hard to beat any combination of butter, oats and sugar. Last weekend we went to the fireworks as a family of four, Joy decked out in bright pink noise-cancelling headphones and Nino carrying a glowstick as tall as him, and these made for the perfect portable pud, toasty with oats and sticky sweet with golden syrup.

Disclaimer, these biscuits are not a flapjack. They lack the texture of their simply stirred inspiration, but if you embrace them as something entirely different, I’m positive you’ll approve. The squares will keep for a couple of days in an airtight container and are also delicious crumbled over ice cream. I made these with a nine week old baby in one arm and an over enthusiastic toddler at the kitchen counter scooping fingerfuls of butter straight from its packet so can vouch for the fact that they’re simple and foolproof. If you’re after something a little more complex, there are more cookies coming up next week, of the dark chocolate rye variety – possibly the best cookie I’ve ever made. I’m serious. Watch this space.