Super Healthy ANZAC Biscuits Recipe

Recipe thanks to wellnourished.com.au.

With Anzac day approaching, this is my very healthy ANZAC biscuit recipe – simple, full of nutrition and a perfect nut-free lunch box filler. The nourishing whole grains improve nutrient values and the seeds pack in protein, minerals and good fats. Cinnamon is wonderful for stabilising blood sugars as well as adding a lovely flavour. Bake up a storm this week in your kitchen with this nutrient loaded recipe!

This recipe makes approximately 15 – 20 cookies

Healthy Anzac Biscuits

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Baking Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

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Servings: 15 biscuits

Ingredients

• 100 g butter
• 85 g rice malt syrup or raw honey (¼ cup)
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 30 g coconut sugar or rapadura (¼ cup) this is optional, if you need extra sweetness
• 60 g wholemeal spelt flour (½ cup)
• 50 g desiccated coconut (½ cup)
• 100 g rolled oats (1 cup)
• 70 g ground mixed seeds (½ cup) such as sunflower seeds, flax seeds and pepitas or use LSA (using LSA means it is no longer nut free) or even almond meal will work well
• 30 g sesame seeds ( ¼ cup)
• 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon

Optional extras

• 1-2 tbsp cacao nibs or dried fruit
• 1-2 tsp ground ginger powder

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a large biscuit tray with baking paper.
• In a large pot, gently heat the butter and honey or rice syrup until melted. Remove from the heat. Add the bicarbonate of soda and mix very well.
• Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot, and mix until well combined. The mixture should feel wet and sticky but presses together.
• With wet hands roll the mixture into approximate golf sized balls and place well apart (they do spread) on a large biscuit tray.
• Flatten very slightly with the back of a wet fork and bake until golden (approximately 15-20 minutes).
• The longer they are baked the crispier they become. So if you like a slightly chewy biscuit remove just as they start to brown. For a crunchy biscuit, leave a little longer.
• Cool on the tray (they will harden as they cool) then put in an airtight container for up to a week. They may also be frozen in an airtight container or bag.

Notes

Variations

Low-fructose

Choose rice malt syrup as your sweetener and omit the rapadura.

Macadamia Anzacs

When nuts aren’t an issue substitute the ground seeds for 70 grams of macadamia nuts – this is my personal favourite (generally during school holidays!)

Chocolate chip Anzacs

If I know I have fussy guests for morning tea, I often press a piece of dark chocolate onto the top of the flattened biscuit dough. This usually gets fuss pots over the line!

Gluten-free

Replace the oats with quinoa flakes and flour with buckwheat or millet flour. You may have to adjust the amounts so that the mixture is sticky and moist but able to be rolled into balls. Just keep adding more quinoa and buckwheat/millet flour until it feels right.

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Course Appetizer, Baking - Sweet, Breakfast, Dessert, Freezer Friendly, School Lunches, Snack, Special Occasion - Camping, Special Occasion - Kids Party

Cuisine Australian

Keyword Butter, cacao nibs, coconut sugar, desiccated coconut, rice malt syrup, rolled oats

Allergy FODMAP Friendly, Gluten Free, Legume Free, Nightshade Free, Peanut Free, Refined Sugar Free, Salt Free, Soy Free

Value Halal, Kosher, Vegan, Vegetarian

Author: Georgia Harding

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I use a lot of ground seeds in my baking. One, because my lunchbox treats need to be nut free and secondly because seeds are so amazingly nutritious. For example, pepitas are a rich source of zinc, a mineral that often assists fussy eaters. So, instead of supplementing to improve their desire and palate for food, include pepitas where you can. My kids aren’t a fan of their flavour so I grind them. If you plan to use them this way, you can grind a small batch of one or a mixture of seeds to keep in the fridge in an airtight glass container (a jar is good).

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