Chewy Honey Oatmeal Biscuits (Healthy)

[Amy :-)]

Chewy Honey Oatmeal Biscuits
These are converted from a Healthy Food Guide magazine. I doubled the recipe

Ingredients:
50g reduced fat table spread
110g caster sugar
15g honey
1 egg
1.5 tsp baking powder
150g flour (use half wholemeal if you like)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
130g oats
120g chopped dried dates (you can just chop them roughly by hand; they will be chopped up more when mixing)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and line two trays with baking paper.
2. Beat spread and sugar for 10 seconds/speed 4. Scrape down sides of bowl and repeat if necessary.
3. Add honey and egg. Beat for 10 seconds/speed 4.
4. Add remaining ingredients and knead for 1 minute/interval speed. Scrape bowl and knead some more if necessary.
5. Form mixture into small balls and flatten on trays. Bake for about 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on trays before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

These biscuits will keep for 2 days in an air tight container

members' comments

Chickie - the family love them - very tasty!! I didn't add cinnamon and replaced all of the flour with wholemeal and used milled rapadura. They kind of tasted like Anzacs - will definitely make again - very easy to make.

Delightful Den - I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfectly.  I can't see how they are healthy because they are so good. I am actually finding them a bit sweet so next time I make them I might substitute half the fat and sugar for apple sauce.

This time I have used 25g butter and 25g of fresh EDC applesauce and 50g xylitol instead of sugar. I have also used 100g wholemeal SR flour and 50g almond meal.  The mixture seems moist enough. Outcome - they are a little bit dry and could use a touch more xylitol but are definitely edible.

Next batch - I used 25g butter, 30g xylotol, 60g apple sauce. I creamed these all together then followed the recipe as above.

Chickie - Made these again yesterday and replaced all of the sugar with apple sauce added 10g more honey, used half almond meal, half wholemeal flour and added a little extra oats as the mix was a bit runny. They turned out lovely, DH said next time they could do with a bit more honey and the kids enjoyed them.

Delightful Den - Made these again. This time I made them as a slice. I also didn't clean the bowl after making peanut butter and left about 1.5 tablespoons in the bowl. I swapped 50g of almond meal for some of the four and molasses for the honey. Also after I started making them I realised I didn't have any dates so just used sultanas and a few dried cranberries.  The mix tasted really good. Result - This worked really well. I cooked the slice for about 20 minutes, it is very moist and has a light peanut butter  taste.

[Chickie]

Yum these look great Amy thanks for sharing, I enjoy making healthy recipes for my family 

[Delightful Den]

Thanks Ames.  I might make these tonight.

[Amy :-)]

My pleasure Den and Chickie

[Delightful Den]

Do you use fresh dates or dried dates? 

[Amy :-)]

Um... I thought dates were dates.... but I use the ones that you buy in the dried fruit section. So I guess they're dried

[astarra]

Fresh dates would be plums would they not? 

Thanks for the recipe Amy, will be trying sometime soon. 

[kyton]

Astarra I think prunes are plums from memory?

[Amy :-)]

Well I'm just confued now

[astarra]

I think you are right now I think on it, Kyton.  Thanx.

[Delightful Den]

Dried plums are prunes. Dates can be bought fresh in the produce section of the supermarket or dried in with the other dried fruit. Dried dates will keep longer. It's a bit like fresh apricots vs dried apricots.

Thanks Amy I will pick some dates up on my way home from work. 

[cookie1]

I love fresh dates and often buy myself a few when I do the food shopping.

[Chickie]

Made these today Amy and the family love them - very tasty!! I didn't add cinnamon and replaced all of the flour with wholemeal and used milled rapadura. They kind of tasted like Anzacs - will definitely make again - very easy to make 

[Delightful Den]

I made these last night. I followed the recipe exactly and they cam out perfectly.  I can't see how they are healthy because they are so good. I am actually finding them a bit sweet so next time I make them I might substitute half the fat and sugar for applesauce.

[Amy :-)]

Thanks for trying them you two!

Chickie, great idea using milled Rapadura. I'll keep that in mind for next time

Den, wow, you must have become very sensitive to fat and sugar. I'd be interested to hear how you go substituting some of the fat for applesauce. I wondered if it would make them too dry

I was thinking that next time I make them, I would use half wholemeal flour and half almond meal. What do you guys think about that? Would the almond flavour add another level of yumminess to the biscuit?

So glad you both like them!