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These mixed dried fruit GF biscuits are tender and light! Perfect with a cuppa ☕
Ingredients:
2 cups GF 1 to 1 Bob Red Mill flour (any other GF flour will also work)
1 ml xanthan gum (you may possibly need 2ml should you use a different GF flour and it does not contain xanthan gum)
2 tsp baking powder
¼ cup coconut palm sugar
½ ml salt (a good pinch of salt)
½ cup unsalted, room temperature butter (1 stick)
2 eggs
1 tsp. pure vanilla essence
1 cup mixed dried fruit
1 tea bag (I prefer to use Rooibos tea) or any flavor teabag of your choice.
1 cup boiling water
Method:
Preheat oven to 350F.
Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
Boil 1 cup of water, add a tea bag and the mixed dried fruit and let it sit to plump up for 10-15 minutes. Drain liquid and discard before using the fruit.
Blend together all the dry ingredients.
Cut butter in chunks, and nuke for a maximum of 10 seconds in the microwave (just until soft – NOT melted)
Whisk eggs and vanilla and then add butter and blend
Add to dry ingredients and work lightly just until incorporated
Add fruit mix (NOT the liquid – discard it).
Form a ball of dough and place it on the parchment-lined baking sheet, and form a square.
Dip your cutter in flour and press down into the dough with whatever size you prefer scone cutter. Do not over handle the dough.
As it’s a soft dough, I placed both baking trays in the freezer for ± 10 minutes, just to have the dough set, DO not freeze it.
Bake for ±20 minutes or until golden brown at 350F.
Top warm biscuits with extra sugar if you want additional sweetness. I added a dusting of regular white sugar on 1 tray of biscuits.
This is an adaptation of a regular biscuit recipe in order to make it GF and I also swopped fresh fruit (berries) for the mixed fruit. To plump up the dried fruit, I always soak it beforehand in 1 cup of very hot tea.
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These look so good I am trying to go GF and will have to try these. Thanks for sharing at Bloggers pit stop.
Connie
Hi Connie – Thanks for popping over and leaving a comment – I love them, hope you will try them
Thanks for sharing your gf recipe with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! I’m always looking for new gf recipes! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life
Roseann – Thank you for the compliment – I only do GF for myself, so more than happy to share my tried and tested recipes.
Hi Esme,
It would be nice having such testy biscuits in the evening time. 🙂
Thank you, Alamin. The comment you posted last night went to spam and I just released it.
Yes it’s a really tempting and nice treat with coffee
Looks tempting. Must be a good option for the tea time
Thanks ARV – I love it, its easy to make and delicious