We love a bit of Christmas baking and always go for biscuits! We prefer recipes that do not contain refined sugar. These orange spiced biscuits are sweetened with molasses and honey, and spiced with flavours of Christmas!
Ingredients
70g fresh pitted dates
40g molasses
100g honey
100g melted butter
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
Zest of one orange
20g cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarb soda
230g unbleached plain flour
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced.
2. Finely chop or process in a food processor, the dates and place in a bowl. Stir through molasses, honey and melted butter until well combined.
3. Mix through all spices, orange zest, sifted cocoa and bicarb soda.
4. Gently fold through the sifted flour until all ingredients are combined.
5. Form into a ball shape and place into an air tight container to chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour, or until ready to bake.
6. Lightly flour your bench top and roll out the dough so it is approximately 1 cm thick.
7. Using cookie cutters, cut the rolled dough into your desired shape and place onto a lined baking tray.
8. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
9. Remove from the oven and transfer the biscuits onto a cooling rack.
Decorate with icing or your favourite festive treats!
