Biscuits
I made these last night after reading about using almond flour for gluten-free and grain-free cooking. We rarely eat an almond, since I still try to keep Goose’s salicylate intake in check, and I sometimes have hazelnut flour on hand, but it’s quite expensive. I did, however, have some nuts I had soaked and dehydrated, per Nourishing Traditions standards. I decided to experiment with biscuits to have alongside our barbecued beef since I had my hands a little freer, being that it was slow cooker night. These turned out great, and we ate them all.
The best parts are that they are quick and easy to make, high protein, and would probably freeze pretty well if you made a big batch of them. I think they will go into breakfast rotation now since the girls aren’t thrilled about eggs lately.
They held up enough to be able to slice them through the middles (and would slice even better when cold, I’ll bet.) We spread them with butter and jam, but I could imagine them with something savory too, like sausage, or even used for a small sandwich.
Biscuit with butter and jam
Grain-free Biscuits:
(makes 9 biscuits)
1 1/2 c ground nuts (I used a mixture of crispy pecans and walnuts)
scant 1/4 c coconut flour
1/2 stick of butter (1/4 c)- cold, cut up
1 1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 eggs (could probably use an additional- still a little more crumbly than I would like)
Grind nuts in food processor until fine, but not until you get butter. Transfer to mixing bowl and mix in coconut flour, sea salt, and baking soda. (I mixed the dry ingredients with my hands until it was mealy and the other ingredients coated the ground nuts evenly.)
In food processor bowl, add the eggs, butter, and honey and run until mixed. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and mix together with a spoon. Scoop heaping tablespoons onto parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 350* for about 12 minutes until just beginning to lightly brown on top. Let cool for 2 minutes and remove from baking sheet. Serve warm with butter.
Biscuit dough
These reminded us of something else familiar, and gave me an idea for another recipe and upcoming blog 
They have a whole-grain taste, but are slightly sweet too.
Baked biscuits
Part of the biscuit challenge at Gluten-free Homemaker
i wonder if i could make these sweeter and pass them off as cookies — for big to get more protine? or are they sweet enough? hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It’s been so long since I have tasted something truly sweet (with sugar) that I am having a hard time giving you an answer! I think that they tasted similar to wheat thins. I’m going to work on making a cracker from this recipe too.
If I were going to make them into cookies, which is a great idea!, I would probably add more sweetener- up it to a tablespoon, add in half a VERY ripe banana, and add a third egg. You could also sweeten with dates or date sugar or raisins, if he can tolerate those things, but raisins might cause a textural issue if you’re dealing with that. The texture of them, as biscuits, was nice and consistent, even with the ground nuts.
I’m going to continue to work on these and see if I can keep the great texture and add some flax too- possibly to replace the eggs.
I’ll have to try — I’ll let you know (post to my blog) how it goes — next week — this veek is pretty much done for me. I look forward to more ‘advancements” –
I have a blog suggestion — you need a page (or pages) of just the recipies …like “Main Dishes, Treates, Breakfast and on each page just list the recipies in aplphabethical order — as a reference for teh rest of us. Just a suggestion.
I’d love to get more flax into the boys too
Big eats raisions but only alone, not in something. us you understand .. :0)
There is a recipe tab under the banner at the top. Here is a link: http://chickiepea.wordpress.com/recipes/
It is a work in progress though- not alphabetized, as I usually put them there as I blog them, so more in a chronological order, but in some broad categories.
I always love suggestions!! Hopefully we can move the blog to our own site in the next year and really tweak it to be more user-friendly. With using the free WordPress stuff, it is kind of hard to have things exactly like we would want them.
My FIL is encouraging me to write a book too. Someday. I would love to do a cookbook to raise money for PANDAS- I think that would be amazing.
sorry for missing the recipie tab. doy
Those look wonderful. I love that they are high protein. Thanks for participating in the biscuit challenge.
MMMMM,…these gf biscuits look so tasty & wonderfully too!
Great cooking!
Thanks!