Honestly, I have only ever meet one person who said they have never eaten a biscuit or cookie. When this person told me I couldn’t quite believe my ears. We love them in our house and I know our friends and family love them too. Which is why homemade biscuits are such a great gift at Christmas. These 3 biscuit/cookie recipes are just delicious and I think they would make a yummy present. It’s definitely one I’ll be giving this year. Below is a video and recipes for you.
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Chocolate Lavender Biscuits
Makes lots
Equipment
- Nutribullet
- Baking tray
- Fish slice
- Mixing bowl
- Stirring spoon
- Teaspoon
- Tablespoon
- Cup
- Fork
- Circle cutter
- Scales
Ingredients
- Gluten free oats x 200g
- Ground almonds x 100g
- Brown rice flour x 100g plus extra for dusting
- Raw cacao powder x 50g
- Coconut sugar x 100g
- Ground sweet cinnamon or ground cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Baking powder x 2 tsp
- Lavender x 4 – 6 stalks
- Butter or ghee x 100g plus extra for greasing
- Maple syrup x 80mls
- Egg x 1
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Grind the oats and lavender in the nutribullet until they resemble flour.
- Lightly grease a baking tray.
- Weigh and measure all the ingredients.
- Put the lavender and oat flour, ground almond, brown rice flour, raw cacao powder, sugar, ground sweet cinnamon or cinnamon and baking powder into the large mixing bowl.
- Stir all these ingredients together with the spoon.
- Next add the butter or ghee and rub it into the mixture with your fingers until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Break the egg into the cup and beat it with the fork.
- Add the maple syrup and mix again.
- Now add the egg mixture to the breadcrumbs and stir with the spoon.
- As the mixture begins to stick together, start to mix it with clean hands.
- It might be slightly crumbly at first but keep kneading until it forms a stiff dough.
- Sprinkle the extra flour onto a clean work surface and keeping kneading until it is completely mixed.
- Use extra flour if the dough starts to stick.
- Again sprinkle flour on the work surface and roll the dough very thinly.
- Once rolled, cut the dough with the circle cutter.
- Repeat the process until all the dough is cut into circle shapes.
- Place all the circles onto the greased baking tray.
- Place in the oven for 10 – 15 minutes.
- When they are golden brown, remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Serve and enjoy.
Chocolate Orange and Pecan Biscuits
Makes 20 – 24 biscuits
Equipment
- Nutribullet or blender
- Mixing bowls x 2
- Scales
- Mixing spoon
- Electric Whisk
- Teaspoon
- Baking tray
- Grease proof paper
- Rolling pin
- Boards for the cookies
- Large cookie cutter
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- Gluten free oats x 150g
- Rice flour or plain flour x 200g, plus extra for dusting
- Raw cacao powder or cocoa powder x 50g
- Pecans x 60g
- Coconut sugar x 150g
- Baking powder x 1 tsp
- Vegan butter, ghee or unsalted butter (if not vegan) x 200g
- Orange extract x 1 tsp
Method
- Take the vegan butter, ghee or unsalted butter from the fridge a couple of hours before use.
- Pour the gluten free oats and pecans into the nutribullet or blender and blend until they form a wet flour.
- Mix the ground oats, ground pecans, raw cacao powder or cocoa powder and rice flour or plain flour in the large mixing bowl and mix together.
- Cut the vegan butter, ghee or butter into chunks and put into the another mixing bowl.
- Add in the coconut sugar and cream these ingredients together with the electric whisk.
- Now pour in the orange extract into the butter and whisk these ingredients together.
- Then finally add the flour ingredients to the ingredients in the other bowl.
- Mix until they form a large ball and use your hands to do so if you need to.
- Using the extra brown rice flour, roll out the dough.
- Roll out the dough to about a half centimetre thickness.
- Use the cutter and cut your biscuits.
- Repeat the process until you have used all the dough.
- Place the biscuits onto boards and put into the fridge for about thirty minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C or gas mark 4.
- Place on the baking tray and bake for around 12 – 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Finally place on a cooling rack and leave to cool.
- Then serve with a nice cup of tea or coffee and enjoy.
Oat and Raisin Cookies | Biscuits
Makes 10 – 20 biscuits
Equipment
- Large mixing bowls x 2
- Teaspoon
- Mixing spoon
- Baking tray
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- butter or ghee x 175g
- Coconut or brown sugar x 150g
- Egg x 1
- Apple juice x 4 tbsp
- Gluten Free oats x 200g
- Ground almonds or brown rice flour x 150g
- Raisins x 150g
- Vanilla powder x 1/4
- Ground cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Bicarbonate x 1/2 tsp
- Salt x 1 tsp
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° and grease a large baking tray.
- Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
- Beat these two ingredients together until light and fluffy.
- In the other bowl, mix the oats, flour or ground almonds, vanilla and cinnamon, salt and bicarbonate of soda.
- Next, gradually stir the oat mixture into the butter mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Place well shaped tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared baking tray.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and leave on the baking tray for at least 30 minutes.
- They tend to fall apart very easily so it’s best to let them cool first.
- After 30 minutes, remove from the baking tray and put on cooling rack.
- Then serve and enjoy.
3 Delicious Biscuits or Cookies Recipes were very well received in my house. Ted and Howard, my husband, really enjoyed eating them. These are a very simple biscuit to make with children and they cook quickly. These biscuits or cookies are delicious and would make a great present for a friend or family member. Plus they are great with a nice cup of tea so that’s always an added reward. However you decide to eat these biscuits, as always, enjoy.
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