Re: stevia

Hi
Yes of course.
I use stoneground organic buckwheat flour, stevia, an egg (optional) pinch or 2 of (safe) baking powder, organic butter and organic ginger powder. (if sensitive then goats butter or similar can be used - Cows butter makes better biscuit though)

Im afraid I cannot give exact measurements as I just do it!

I just bung about a mug full of flour in a mixing bowl and knead in the butter (lump about the size of a golf ball!), baking powder and egg. In fact I put the ginger in too and just do it all together.

If the mixture is very moist/buttery simply add more buckwheat flour until it becomes a good doughy ball (not sticky). There should be no small visable lumps of butter. Too much flour and they will bake horribly dry and be way to crumbly/floury.

It is worth perfecting it as they are delicious! Yes yes they are nothing like choc digestives but it is a joy to have a biscuit alternative that us candidies can eat!
I really do love them - I make about 10 but end up eating them within a few hours, some while they are still hot! (no discipline...)

An idea I had was to replace (or half and half) the butter with coconut oil (in its harder form) as then the biscuits would be Anti fungal!
Otherwise I have eaten them with coconut butter spread on the top. Yum.

Stevia is to taste preference. I initially put too little in and learnt my lesson.
It wouldnt hurt to try the mixture before you bake to see how sweet it is. Same with ginger. I find I need to put alot in.
I have also added mixed ground spices (clove, cinnamon, nutmeg etc) - these were lovely too.
I also tried hazelnuts - this was ok but they dried out quite a bit.


Anyway when the mix is ready, flatten out into whatever sized biscuits you want (I do small thin ones and a couple of larger ones) and then bake on a lowish heat until they go a nice golden brown (for me about 160 degrees foe approx 15 - 20 mins, dependent on size of biscuits).


Please let me know how you get on! :)

Yum,Im going to make some now as my mouth is watering! Tweet