Tag: biscuits

Hard Chocolate Biscuits – a recipe

Welcome to 2024, it’s already moving fast.

Today I’m sharing a recipe for Hard Chocolate Biscuits.

Recently I needed to make something for a morning tea and these biscuits are easy to make. The recipe comes from a book called ‘The Eat Real Food Cookbook’ by David Gillespie.

For these biscuits, dextrose is the sweetener, which is a healthier option that caster sugar.

Hard Chocolate Biscuits

(Makes 20 to 28 depending on size)

Ingredients

100g butter

1 cup dextrose

175 g plain flour (I used gluten free)

2 tablespoons cacao powder

¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Method

* Preheat the oven to 180*C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

* Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.

* Then add the dextrose, stirring until dissolved, taking care not to let the mix boil.

* Remove the pan from the heat, add in the flour, cacao and bicarb, mixing well.

* Roll spoonful’s of mixture into small balls, place then on the prepared tray and squash with your fingers.

* Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until coloured but not dark – the biscuits will harden as they cool.

* Cool on the tray until the biscuits harden, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

My notes – I used a tablespoon to scoop my mixture and when the biscuits cooked, they spread quite a bit. This also resulted in only 18 biscuits being made.

I also found that my batch were not a ‘hard’ biscuit. This is fine by us as we like a softer biscuit. If the biscuits aren’t as hard as you like, once they are cool, put them into the oven again for another 5 minutes, then allow to cool completely again.

I hope you enjoy making these biscuits and find them to be a tasty treat.

There is another biscuit recipe in the book I’m going to try and I will let you know how that works out.

Till the next post,

Live clean n prosper.

Cashew & Oat Jam Drops

Today I thought I would share another recipe – Cashew & Oat Jam Drops.

I saw this recipe in the paper. It is from a book called ‘The 16:8 Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle Plan’ by Jaime Chambers. They are so easy to make and require only a few ingredients.

I looked at the ingredients and thought I had everything in my pantry. I jumped right in and started. That’s when I realised I did not have enough of some of the ingredients required, so I had to improvise.

The result was still a success and that is the recipe I will share with you.

Cashew & Oat Jam Drops

Makes 16-18

Ingredients

2 cups of oats

1 cup raw, unsalted cashews

1/3 cup honey

1/3 cup maple syrup

100 gms butter (melted)

pinch of salt

jam (preferably one without added sugar)

 

Method

Preheat the oven to 180’c and line a baking tray with baking paper.

– Pulse the oats in a food processor till they are a fine crumb, then transfer to a large mixing bowl.

– Then do the same with the cashews and add to the bowl.

– In another smaller bowl, whisk the honey, syrup and butter together.

– When combined, add to the bowl with the dry ingredients with the salt and mix well.

– Using a tablespoon, place spoons of the mix onto the tray and press lightly into shape.

– I used a teaspoon to push depressions into the biscuits to hold the jam.

I then baked them for 15 min, took the tray out and put ½ a teaspoon of jam onto each biscuit before putting the tray bake into the oven for 5 min.

When golden remove the tray from the oven. Let the biscuits cool on the tray for a while before transferring to a wire rack. Allow the biscuits to cool completely before eating.

I hope you enjoy these homemade treats.

 

Till the next post,

Live clean n prosper

Cranberry & Choc chip Digestive Biscuits

Today I’m sharing a recipe for Digestive Biscuits with a twist, using Cranberries and Choc chips.

I recently saw a recipe for old-fashioned oat & spelt digestive biscuits and I thought I would make some. Previously I have written about the health benefits of oats, I also prefer not to use wheat in my baking if possible. So, in keeping with the idea of good ‘digestion’, I decided to use buckwheat flour.

Both oats & buckwheat are very beneficial for gut health.

I also decided to add a bit more texture and flavour to my biscuits with cranberries, dark choc chips and pepitas.

Cranberry & Choc chip Digestive Biscuits

Makes approx. 20 biscuits

Ingredients

150 g butter (soft)

70 g Coconut sugar

2 tbsp Maple syrup

2 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

180 g Oat flour

220 g Buckwheat flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp Cinnamon

2 tbsp rolled oats

3 tbsp dried cranberries

2 tbsp pepitas

2 tbsp dark choc chips

 Method

Preheat your oven to 200’c and line 2 biscuit trays with baking paper.

* Mix the butter and sugar together using an electric mixer till creamy

* Add in the Maple syrup and the eggs, continuing to mix well, followed by the cinnamon, salt and baking powder.

* Add in the flours a spoonful at a time.

I added in the cranberries, pepitas and chocolate chips after mixing in approximately 1/3 of the flours. This helped them to be distributed more evenly through the mix.

As you get towards the end of the flours, the dough will get quite stiff.

I used my tablespoon to portion the dough into mounds on the trays. I then squashed them with a fork.

Bake the biscuits in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes.

These biscuits are a drier consistency so they are best enjoyed with a glass of milk or cup of tea.

 Hope you enjoy them.

Till the next post,

Live clean n Prosper