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October 12, 2005
Purple Elephant’s Spiced Sesame Biscuits.
Or; How to satisfy that sweet tooth whilst maintaining the illusion of a healthy diet.
1 1/2 Cups FLOUR*
3 tbs SUGAR
1 tsp BAKING POWDER
1tsp CINNAMON
1tsp MIXED SPICE
1/3 cup MARGARINE
2 tsp TAHINI**
WATER
1) Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly
2) In another bowl mix the margarine and tahini together
3) Rub the margarine mixture into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs
4) Mix in a little cold water a tablespoon at a time, until it forms a dough.
5) Roll out onto a lightly floured surface and cut out interesting shapes with cookie cutters.
6) Bake at Gas mark 4 (350F 177C) for about 20 minutes.
7) When nice and golden allow to cool and sprinkle with icing sugar.
8) Eat whilst feeling only a little guilty.
9) Don’t you feel much more healthy now?
*If you were being really good you would use wholemeal . Me? I’m skint so at the moment it’s bleached refined Tesco’s cheapy brand)
** Sesame seed paste, you can get it from health food shops. Here lies the healthy bit, sesame seeds are high in calcium, protein, zinc, vitamin E and essential fatty acids. You could use whole sesame seeds but I read somewhere once that you don’t absorb the vitamins as well when the seeds are whole as they are so small hat they pass right through you. Not sure how true this is.
Posted by purple elephant at October 12, 2005 05:10 PM