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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Babies and Kids => Topic started by: cathy79 on June 13, 2010, 02:20:08 am
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Name of Recipe: Basic Cookie Cutter Biscuit Dough
Ingredients:
125g butter
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
65g sugar (I use rapadura which gives a slightly golden colour)
Preparation:
Place all ingredients into TM bowl and mix for 12 seconds on speed 6. Scrape down.
Set dial to closed lid position and knead for 50 seconds on Interval speed.
Tip into a bowl and knead into a smooth ball. Cover and place in fridge for at least 15 minutes.
Engage help of kids in rolling and cutting into their favourite shapes.
Place onto lined baking tray and bake approximately 10 minutes, depending on shape and size.
Tips/Hints:
This dough is barely sweet, so can be sweetened or flavoured however you like. It has only 65% of the sugar of gingerbread biscuits, and no golden syrup. Yields a slightly smaller batch of cookies, so is quite low in sugar.
The dough looks very crumbly, but once you start working it, it comes together well.
The friend who gave me this recipe said you can flavour it however you like. Could add some LSA mix, or other hidden goodies.
Good for if your kids want to bake every second day and you want to reduce their sugar.
members' comments
Zan - very quick and easy. Kids were able to work with the dough very easily. Biscuits were good.
patsycate - Thanks for this recipe - I've made it twice now - successful both times - and everyone loves them.
rubyslippers - Made the basic version of this today. The children enjoyed cutting and eating them. Next time we might try something mixed in. Thanks for the recipe Cathy.
Bubbles - I made these with DD4 and DS2 and it was a hit! They spent an hour rolling/cutting/playing with the dough and then loved the finished product! Will definitely be making these on another rainy afternoon - thank you! I have tried doubling the recipe but it wasn't successful.
ES - This is very similar to Lady Flo's recipe that is posted on the forum http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=9286.0 except that her recipe uses 90g of sugar. This is the biscuit recipe that I use most of the time as it is so flexible, easy and tasty. I often sprinkle coloured sugar on top before baking, or decorate with royal icing. However, these are obviously not low sugar options!
Here are the variations in her book: Add
- 2 teaspoons desiccated coconut;
- 90g sultanas, currants, chopped cherries or chopped peel;
- 90g chopped nuts;
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon or orange zest (yum!)
- 2 tablespoons cocoa, as a substitute of 2 tablespoons of flour;
- before cooking, roll in sugar or corn flakes, or roll in balls and top with jam; or
- cooked biscuits can be joined together with mock cream or iced with lemon or chocolate icing.
frazzled mom - my son helped me press all the buttons/dial. He also rolled, cut the shapes and decorated the cookies.He was so chuffed with the result!! Very nice cookies. Thx for the recipe!
Ilaeria - I made these today on someone's recommendation, with the following variations:
* Wholemeal instead of white flour
* Substituted 2 tablespoons each of almond meal and linseed meal for some of the flour
* Rapadura sugar
* Added 2 teaspoons of almond essence
They needed a good chill (but it's pretty hot here on the Gold Coast today!) but otherwise the dough handled really well and they turned out great. Very easy too!
Denzelmum - Had a bunch of kids age 3-10yo, making this together. Not successful with cookie cutter, so we just rolled it as ball then flatten it. All kids have a great time and enjoyed their creation.
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These sound good - I have been on a mission to reduce our sugar intake. I will give these a go for lunch boxes this week. Cheers! ;)
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Hope you like them. DH commented that they're like shortbread. Would be a good replacement for the traditional arrowroot biscuit for teething toddlers. Much better ingredients.
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Thanks CB 79 - always great to reduce sugar intake as HeyMcJude says :-* :-* :-*
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Soudns good, but what is LSA mix when you talk about flavouring them? Anyone got other ideas for healthy but interesting flavourings? What about orange yest? Anything else you can suggest that little ones might enjoy (18months!)
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LSA (Linseed, sunflower seeds and almonds) is probably more a nutritional bonus than a flavour bonus.
Our family is highly citrus allergic so I don't normally play with orange zest, but I'm sure it would work. Could try chocolate or jaffa flavour?
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Just made this, very quick and easy. Kids were able to work with the dough very easily. Biscuits were good.
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Glad you liked them Zan.
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Thanks for this recipe - I've made it twice now - successful both times - and everyone loves them.
Now let's see if this link for a photo works...
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They look very yummy. Great photo!
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Nice work patsycate - looking good. :-* :-*
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Going to try this one . Thanks
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Made the basic version of this today. The children enjoyed cutting and eating them. Next time we might try something mixed in.
Thanks for the recipe Cathy.
:)
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Came across this today - thanks cathy79. How would you adapt this to make a gingerbread mix? I came across another recipe yesterday but it just turned into a gluggy mess.
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I just made these this afternoon with DD4 and DS2, and it was a hit! They spent an hour rolling/cutting/playing with the dough, and then loved the finished product! Will definitely be making these on another rainy afternoon - thank you!
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Soudns good, but what is LSA mix when you talk about flavouring them? Anyone got other ideas for healthy but interesting flavourings? What about orange yest? Anything else you can suggest that little ones might enjoy (18months!)
Try almond and/or lemon essence. This sounds similar to an American Sugar Cookie recipe I have that just with a lot less sugar.
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This is very similar to Lady Flo's recipe that is posted on the forumhttp://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=9286.0 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=9286.0) except that her recipe uses 90g of sugar. This is the biscuit recipe that I use most of the time as it is so flexible, easy and tasty. I often sprinkle coloured sugar on top before baking, or decorate with royal icing. However, these are obviously not low sugar options!
Here are the variations in her book: Add
- 2 teaspoons desiccated coconut;
- 90g sultanas, currants, chopped cherries or chopped peel;
- 90g chopped nuts;
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon or orange zest (yum!)
- 2 tablespoons cocoa, as a substitute of 2 tablespoons of flour;
- before cooking, roll in sugar or corn flakes, or roll in balls and top with jam; or
- cooked biscuits can be joined together with mock cream or iced with lemon or chocolate icing.
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Could you double this recipe? I know I've read there's some limits to the amount of dough the TMX can handle when kneading, but doubling this would still be ok for the TMX wouldn't it? (Our kids devoured the last batch in no time!)
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Ok so I doubled it because I read in the basic functions summary page in EDC that for kneading you need to use less than 500g of flour, which 4 cups of flour came in under that, but when I was trying to mix it, even before kneading, it started making a terrible grinding noise like it couldn't cope. So I took out quite a bit of the mixture from the top and then tried again, but it kept making the grinding noise. I knew I had definitely not overloaded in terms of flour this time, so I kept going waiting for the TMX to sort itself out, but it didn't, so when I opened it and had another look, it was mainly light flour on top, and really thick buttery mixture around the blades. Now I'm a bit panicked that I might have been wrecking the motor or stripping something?? Once I loosened off the thick mixture considerable, it worked fine again, but would anyone know if I just did a really stupid thing? :-\
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Bubbles I wouldn't panic, if all is working fine now it should be ok. Sometimes my TM will struggle with some things. You probably would be best to use the knead function when you have a large amount to mix, then mix with the spatula if needed after this
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Yes, this has happened to me also. Dont worry all will be ok.maybe butter too warm.
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Ah thanks dede and Bedlam, I was having visions of me telling my DH that my TMX was broken after 4 months because I let it struggle & make that horrible noise for 20-30 secs and him not being so understanding!!
Also Bedlam, perhaps it was the opposite, butter too cold, because I added it straight from the fridge. I did cube it but perhaps not small enough...?
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Made this cookie recipe yesterday and my son helped me press all the buttons/dial. He also rolled, cut the shapes and decorated the cookies.
He was so chuffed with the result!!
Very nice cookies. Thx for the recipe!
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Nice cookies fm.Kids love cooking and it sounds as though your DS had a great time. :)
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Hi, I have tried making cookies but I ma not able to roll out the dough properly or cut in shapes like you guys have done. Whats the trick to roll it out evenly? The photos look beautiful!
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Were you able to knead it a little, so that it formed a ball before you tried to roll it out?
I turn the jug upside down onto the bench and then twist the bottom to release the blades, and let them fall gently onto the bench. I then gather the dough together with my hands and pat it together until it forms a ball. I knead it lightly until it comes together into a smooth ball. If it is a warm day, I wrap it in cling film and put it in the fridge for 15 min, other wise, I just put the dough on a floured bench and roll with my rolling pin and then stamp out the biscuits with a cutter.
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I made these today on someone's recommendation, with the following variations:
* Wholemeal instead of white flour
* Substituted 2 tablespoons each of almond meal and linseed meal for some of the flour
* Rapadura sugar
* Added 2 teaspoons of almond essence
They needed a good chill (but it's pretty hot here on the Gold Coast today!) but otherwise the dough handled really well and they turned out great. Very easy too!
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Had a bunch of kids age 3-10yo, making this together. Not succesfull with cookie cutter, so we just rolled it as ball then flatten it. All kids have a great time and enjoyed their creation.