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Oats & Bits Cookies

Today I am sharing a recipe for what I have called Oats & Bits Cookies.

There are some cookies that the supermarket bakery sell that we quite like. However they are not gluten free and are high in sugars, preservatives and so on. So I decided to see if I could make my own homemade variety.

I am sharing the gluten free recipe I came up with. I am calling them Oats & Bits Cookies, as I am certain that you could change up the ‘bits’ or ‘fold in ingredients’ depending on personal preference.

Oats & Bits Cookies

Makes 16-18

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups of oats

1 cup almond flour

½ cup maple syrup

85 gms butter (melted)

pinch of salt

1 tbsp vanilla paste

½ tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

Bits (or Fold in) Ingredients

40g raisins, currants or dried blueberries

1 tbsp pepitas

1 tbsp choc chips (I used dark, dairy free chips)

Method

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

– Pulse 1¾ cups of the oats in a food processor till they are a fine crumb, then transfer to a large mixing bowl.

– Then add the remaining oats, almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the bowl.

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

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

– Lastly fold in the raisins, pepitas and choc chips.

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

Bake for 20 min, or until golden.

Let the cookies cool on the tray for a while before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

I think that the beauty of these cookies is that you could add anything from the pantry as a fold in ingredient.

Things like – chopped nuts, chopped dried apricots, your favourite muesli or granola, whatever you fancy.

I hope you have fun creating your style of Oats & Bits Cookies.

 

Till the next post,

 

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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.

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