I’m still trying to make healthy snacks for everyone. This is a good recipe from my Edmonds Book for Bran Biscuits. It calls for a cup of wholemeal but I put in a a cup of Milo cereal that I blitzed in the blender and used wholemeal flour. I know Milo cereal isn’t very healthy however these biscuits still have less junk in them than store bought ones and my kids are slowly having their taste buds restored to a more natural state. They taste like mildly chocolate flavored digestives.

I learnt this cool way of rolling dough from the cooking show, Rachel Allen- Bake and it’s a real keeper. She uses two pieces of glad wrap, one on the bench and one over the dough, eliminating the need for that floury mess that then turns into a gluey mess when you clean it up! I extended the idea for the cookies by using the baking paper I planned to bake the biscuits on for the bottom, so I could roll it, cut the biscuits out and then just slide the whole thing onto a baking tray. I did this twice to use up all the dough. Very easy. I love cut out cookies but have found in the past that in the process of moving them from the bench to the baking tray what may have been a gingerbread man on the bench is unrecognizable on the tray,  usually missing it’s head or a limb!

Tags: Edmonds Cookbook, healthy cookies, tip for rolling dough