If you didn't know, I've started on a diet-changing mission almost 3 weeks back and I'm currently on my 3rd week of zero refined sugar, zero refined carbohydrates diet.
But, I can't give up on my wheat products and it's kind of depressing whenever I see sugar listed among the top 3 in the ingredient list of those biscuits I loved, or they do not use 100% wholegrain flour.
So I thought, heck it! I'm going to bake my own healthy, no refined sugar, 100% wholegrain biscuits!
And I'm not going to lie that I'm super happy to find out that they taste really close to those store-bought digestive biscuits, just not as crumbly-crisp and of course, not as sweet.
So, let's get over the ingredients so we can get started.
You'll need:
100g Wholewheat AP Flour
100g rolled oats
(I used quick-cooking oats)
100g Salted Butter, soften
2 tsp Baking Powder
2 to 2.5 tbps raw Honey
If you prefer to use brown sugar instead of honey, you'll probably need more depending on how sweet you like your biscuits to be and also some milk to form your dough,
First up, blitz your oatmeal in your food processor until it resembles flour. Then, add in your wholewheat flour and baking powder and whisk to combine.
Using clean hands, knead in your soften butter until the mixture starts to get clumpy and resembles wet sand.
Finally, knead in your honey until your mixture forms a dough ball.
I suggest that you start with 2 tbps of honey first and only add in more if your dough is still dry. If you wish to have less sweet version, you can reduce your honey and add in milk for the required hydration level of your dough too.
Wrap your dough ball with clingwrap and leave in the fridge for at least 1 to 2 hours for it to set, so that it's easier to roll out and cut out your biscuits.
I rolled mine pretty thinly, about slightly less than 1 cm thick and cut our some cute bunnies and lambs with my small cookie-cutter.
Send your biscuits into your oven, preheated to 180 degree Celsius and bake for 15 minutes until you can smell the buttery fragrance coming out from your biscuits. They do not spread at all, so you may lay them as close as possible on your baking sheet.
Tadaa, my cute bunnies and lambs.
A friend asked if those bunnies are Ewok, though. =.="
I halved the recipe and got 15 of these small sized biscuits, which are so yummy!
And of course, if butter is still not healthy enough for you, feel free to switch it with another oil of your choice, like coconut oil or EVOO for an even more guilt-free sweet treat!
To get the wholegrain flour and organic raw honey I've used for this recipe, hop over to iHerb right now!
To get the wholegrain flour and organic raw honey I've used for this recipe, hop over to iHerb right now!
Till then,
Mia Foo
