Wednesday 23 April 2008

Gluten Free Anzac Biscuits (Cookies)




For Anzac Day on Friday, here is an adaptation of some Anzac Biscuits (Cookies). They are traditionally made with rolled oats, and if you are lucky enough to live somewhere where you can get certified gluten free oats, they work beautifully. I've used brown rice flakes here but another alternative is quinoa flakes. I prefer cookies to be small so each cookie dough log makes around 20 cookies approx 4cm in diamater. You can refrigerate the cookie dough for at least a week [it doesn't contain any egg] and just slice off and bake small batches of cookies when required - or put it in the freezer. If you prefer chewy cookies, you could make bigger cookies by rolling the mix into one log, and baking until just golden.

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