Has anyone thought about theirs?

I only have four so far...

1. Get a job that I enjoy and save up some money.
2. Get my P-plates.
3. Get a passport.
4. Go to the Forum Fest in Adelaide

Anyone else want to share if they have some?

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.

Santa's Buttons

Ingredients:
150g butter
50g sugar
Splash of vanilla
190g flour
35g cornflour
Approximately 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans (I used pre-crushed walnuts. They're cheaper )
Red jam

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees and line trays with baking paper. If not using pre-crushed nuts, chop them in TM to desired consistency before starting recipe.
2. Melt butter for 5 mins/60 degrees/speed 2.
3. Add sugar, vanilla, flour and cornflour. Mix for 10 seconds/speed 4. Scrape down sides of TM bowl and mix for a further 10 seconds/speed 4 or until combined. I would recommend adding the chopped nuts in this step to mix them through. The original recipe says to coat balls of mixture in the nuts but I found this very time consuming and most of them fall off after cooking anyway.
4. Whatever you decide to do with the nuts, flatten the balls of mixture on the trays and make a small indent in the centre. Fill with jam and bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until a light golden colour.

These biscuits are delicous. They are basically a shortbread with walnuts and jam

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Choc Chip and Walnut Cakes or Slice
Converted from "Mmmm... Baking"

Ingredients:
115g walnuts, chopped in TM to desired consistency
225g butter
175g caster sugar (I used brown sugar to give a caramel flavour)
Splash of vanilla
225g plain flour
200g chocolate chips

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease muffin pans or a slice pan.
2. Beat butter and sugar for 1 minute/speed 4. Add vanilla and beat for a further 30 seconds or until combined.
3. Add flour and mix for 30 seconds/speed 4, scrape sides of bowl and mix again until combined.
4. Add walnuts and choc chips, incorporate breifly with spatula, and then mix on reverse + speed 3 until well distributed through mixture.
5. Press mixture into muffin or slice pan and smooth surface. (I filled my muffin moulds right to the top because this mixture has no raising agent.)
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes for a slice, or 25-30 for little cakes because they are thicker. If making a slice, leave to cool completely in pan and then cut. If making little cakes, cool for about 15 minutes in pan and then carefully remove to a wire rack.

Since this recipe is supposed to be cooked as a slice, the little cakes are more biscuity than cakey. They have a nice crunchy outside

Oaty Jam Drops Makes 32 average size biscuits

Ingredients:
70g rolled oats (or any other rolled grain such as barley or rye)
150g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
20g desiccated coconut
200g brown sugar
125g butter
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
Jam (I used strawberry)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and line oven trays with paper.
2. Mill half the grain (35g) for 10 seconds/speed 9-10 or until fine.
3. Add flour, baking powder, coconut, sugar and remaining grain and mix for 10-15 seconds/speed 3.
4. Melt butter in microwave. With TMX running on reverse + speed 2, add melted butter, egg and vanilla through lid. Continue to mix for a few seconds, then scrape down sides of bowl and mix again.
5. Roll teaspoons of mixture into ball, flatten slightly on trays and press a hole in the centre of each. Spoon a little jam into each hole and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

This is a very easy variation on basic porridge

Apple, Sultana and Cinnamon Porridge
Ingredients:
2 apples, quartered and cores removed
120g oats
600g milk
80-100g sultanas
1 heaped tsp cinnamon, or to taste

Method:
1. Grate apples for 2-3 seconds/speed 5 or until desired consistency.
2. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 10 minutes/90 degrees/reverse + speed 1.

Easy peasy

This recipe makes about 3 serves depending on how hungry everyone is!

I'll post a photo tomorrow when I make it again