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28's Home Nutrition Program (Stream: female, healthy weight maintenance)

Low-Sugar Ginger Chew Biscuits

3.86 from 7 votes
These low-sugar biscuits don't snap or crunch...they chew!  And if being a tasty, healthy treat wasn't more than enough, these biscuits have other hidden health qualities thanks to a generous dose of ginger in each serve.
Ginger is a medicinal herb known as an antioxidant with natural anti-nausea qualities, so if you suffer from travel sickness make a batch of our ginger chew biscuits before your next trip; and if you're a mum-to-be, these can help relieve morning sickness too!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 15
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Australian
Calories: 169.85
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cup almond meal
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda bi-carb soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 120 g butter
  • 1/4 cup stevia granular sweetener
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 orange zested

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350ºF/ Gas Mark 4 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Pulse the almond meal, baking soda, salt and butter briefly in a food processor.
  3. Add in the stevia, vanilla, spices and zest of the orange and blend a little more to combine.
  4. Spoon heaped tablespoons of the mixture onto the baking tray, around 30, and press down with your hand to flatten.
  5. Bake for about 8-10 minutes until golden.
  6. Cool on wire racks.

Notes

To make these vegan, simply replace the butter with coconut oil.