Gluten Free Spiced Pumpkin Biscuits - Coeliac Sanctuary

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Posted On: 16th October 2016

Who's have thought pumpkin was so versatile? You can use in in cakes, soups, tarts, bread and even biscuits. These gluten free beaut's made with pumpkin puree are reminiscent of ginger bread men, they have that kind of spiciness too it. Great for kids with the hidden veg in there, they will never know it is there!

This recipe is...

Dairy Free, FODMAP Friendly, Low Fat, Vegan

Ingredients

350g gluten free plain flour
1tsp baking powder
2tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp ground ginger
1/2tsp nutmeg
1/4tsp ground cloves
200g caster sugar
200g pumpkin puree
1.5tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation Time: 15 Mins
Cooking Time: 15 Mins

This recipe contains

Method

1. In a large bowl mix together the plain flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and caster sugar.

2. Add in cool pumpkin puree (you can buy this in a can or in autumn you can make it from scratch by chopping pumpkin flesh into chunks, place in a pan with boiling water and allow to cook through, pumpkin in done once it is soft. Drain and cool slightly, then place in a blender and blend until smooth) and vegetable oil and mix into a dough. You should get a slightly loose dough but a dough that you can still hold.

3. On a well floured surface roll out the dough until it is about the thickness of a 1 pound coin. Cut with a pumpkin shaped cutter if you have one or you can just make them round (I used a 2.5 inch cutter) and place on a greased baking tray, the don't spread a great lot so can be placed fairly close together

4. Place the biscuits in an oven preheated to gas mark 5 and bake for 15-18 minutes until well browned. Remove from the tray and allow to cool on a cooling rack.

5. Once cool sprinkle with cinnamon sugar (1tbsp cinnamon mixed with 60g sugar) if you wish too, if you feel adventurous cut out a pumpkin template and sprinkle on that!

This recipe makes 28 biscuits
Nutritional info per biscuit

Calories	Carbs	Fibre	Fat	Sugar	Protein
84	18g	1g	1g	7g	1g