Simply Scrumptious

A super quick recipe, ready on 30 minutes! Just 4 ingredients needed! These biscuits are light, fluffy and take on a lovely orange colour from the sweet potato.  All the sweetness in these biscuits is from the potato and cinnamon, if anymore sugar was added they would be far to sweet. INGREDIENTS 150g self raising flour 150g sweet potato 70g butter, melted Cinnamon - as much as you fancy METHOD Preheat oven 190ºc / 170º fan Cook your sweet potato your preferred way. I cooked mine in the microwave for approx 6-10 minutes Once the potato is cooked and your able to handle it, scoop out the insides onto a bowl and mash it up so it is nice and smooth Add the melted butter and give it a quick stir Then add the self raising flour and cinnamon  Mix well until everything is combined and you have a dough Flour a clean work surface and roll out your dough, using a cutter of choice cut out your biscuits and place them on your pr...

A quick, easy healthier sweet treat any time of day! These cookies are a cross between a sponge cake and a cookie texture READY IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES! Makes 4 large cookies INGREDIENTS  50g (½ cup) ground oat flour 25g (¼ cup) desiccated coconut ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ baking soda 1 medium egg lightly beaten 40g honey ½ tsp almond extract (not essence) 4 glacier cherries, finely chopped (optional) INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven 180ºc / 160º fan and line a baking tray In a large mixing bowl combine the ground oat flour, coconut, baking powder and bicarbonate soda Add the the lightly beaten egg, honey, chopped cherries and almond extract into the dry ingredients and mix everything together until all of it is combined. The mixture should be quite stiff, well able to hold itself, but should be a little wet, enough to drop of a spoon. If your mix is too dry add 1-2 tsps of water and mix again Using a spoon, spoon 4 circles of the mix...

To make these scrumptious Nutty Nibble Chocolate Covered Irresistible Fruit Slices all you need is a food processor, 3 ingredients and 30 minutes! VEGAN AND PALEO - FRIENDLY INGREDIENTS 1 cup dried dates packed, soaked for 15 minutes and then drained 1 ½ cups of nuts - I used a mixture of walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, almonds and cashews 1 bar of chocolate of choice - I used a white organic bar  (Vegan & paleo friendly dependant on chocolate you use) METHOD Line an 8 x 8 baking tray/dish with some grease proof paper and place to one side In your food processor add the drained dates and nuts. Blitz/blend until the dates and nuts have broken down, but you can still see small pieces of nut. Your mixture should be sticky Transfer the mixture into your prepared dish, press down firmly and evenly making sure you go into all the corners Pour your melted chocolate over your mixture and spread evenly You can place your dish in the freezer...

These 4 ingredient coconut flour biscuits are simple to make and take no time at all to make.  They are a very versatile biscuit as can be eaten with savoury or sweet. They are gluten free, paleo-friendly, low carb, keto and scrumptiously delicious! Makes 7 biscuits Calories per biscuit approx 130 INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup coconut flour 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 cup melted low fat olive spread or butter of your choice 4 eggs METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 180c / 160 fan / gas 4 2. Add the coconut flour and baking powder into your mixing bowl and mix to combine 3. Pour the melted olive spread/butter into the flour and mix well (I used an electric mixer) 4. Add the eggs and continue to mix until all the ingredients are well combined 5. Using a large spoon (table/dessert spoon) scoop a heaped spoonful and place on your prepared baking tray, making sure you leave room between each biscuit (you may need more than one baking tra...

A quick easy recipe for when you are wanting a sweet, chewy, crumbly treat with an afternoon cup of tea. These slices take just 15 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes approx to bake. A classic Oat and Raisin Slice with a tasty twist with added cinnamon. INGREDIENTS  50g butter/olive spread/marg (personal preference)  1 egg 1 tsp vanilla essence 50g wholemeal flour 0.5 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 150g porridge oats 100g raisins METHOD Preheat oven 190c - 170 fan Grease and line a baking tray 1. Cream the butter until light and fluffy, beat in the egg and then add the vanilla essence. 2. Sift the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into the egg mixture, mix well 3. Add the oats and raisins and mix thoroughly together 4. Tip into a lined baking tray and press down firmly 5. Bake in oven on middle shelf for approx 15 minutes 6. Carefully place on a wire rack to cool, when cool enough cut to desired size sli...

These digestives may not have that professional look, more the home baked look! (which they were) but they do taste mighty delicious and go down perfect with a hot cup of tea.  The digestives can be eaten as a savoury  digestive with cheese & pickle or as a sweet digestive with maybe some chocolate spread, peanut butter or even some jam on.  INGREDIENTS 1 cup wholemeal flour ½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda ¼ cup of butter 2 tbsp water METHOD Preheat oven to 190'C / 170°fan  and line a baking tray  1. Combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl 2. Add the butter and water and mix well to combine to form a ball of dough 3. Roll out the dough on a floured surface, to about 0.5cm thickness. Cut into circles using a cookie cutter. 4. Place on your baking tray, and bake on middle shelf in oven for approx 14-16 minutes or until golden brown, allow to cool on tray. 5. Eat and enjoy TIP -...