Finally, I’ve finally managed to get in the kitchen and bake! Last Sunday I made a lovely beef stew in the slow cooker and whilst it was bubbling away I had the urge to bake some cookies.
Last year I had the pleasure of visiting a family who harvest and dry cinnamon whilst on holiday Sri Lanka and brought some back home with me. The experience really made me think and appreciate the work that goes into harvesting spices as I’m too used to the convenience of buying them in jars from the supermarket.
I knew that I wanted to bake something seasonal and one of my favourite spices at this time of year is cinnamon. It’s everything that autumn should be: warming and comforting. My taste buds were craving the taste of autumn and it encouraged me to make some cinnamon spiked cookies.
- 1 cup gluten free oats
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 2 small apples grated
- 1 1/2 tsp gluten free baking powder
- 2 tbsp cashew butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
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Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a bowl add the oats, baking powder, cinnamon and coconut flour and stir through.
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Add in the egg, vanilla extract, honey, cashew butter and mix together with the dry ingredients to combine.
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Next add the raisins and grated apple and stir through the cookie batter until evenly distributed.
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Bake for 10-15 minutes to produce a soft and chewy cookie.
Adapted from Amy's Healthy Baking
These cookies have that soft and chewy texture that I love because of the short baking time. I found that 12 minutes at the given temperature worked perfectly for me. Whilst baking, the edges go a lovely golden brown and the inside remains moist due the addition of the grated apple.
Oats always make biscuits or cookies hearty and robust, perfect for dunking in your tea. These gluten-free cookies definitely tick the hearty box that’s for sure. I also like that they are free from refined sugar; the honey and raisins give them a wonderful natural sweetness.
Now I’m off to make a cup of herbal tea and I think that there are some cookies with my name on them. Happy baking!
Are you fan of dunking your biscuits in to your tea? Personally I’m not a fan. I always end up with lumps of biscuit at the bottom of my mug.
What have you been baking recently? Do you have a favourite autumnal spice?
Haha very true about the biscuit sediment! I am a total dunker but wish they didn’t leave crumbs at the bottom.
Love this recipe, especially all the simple ingredients! Tempted to make them for breakfast ;D
I can’t stand the bits floating around in my mug after dunking a biscuit. These would be a great breakfast biscuit. 🙂
I LOVE cinnamon right now – have it in my grain free porridge every day – it so good for balancing blood sugar levels. These look super yum and very autumnal:)
Thanks Kezia! Cinnamon just sings autumn to me, love it.
No dunking on biscuits (apart occasionally some digestives) in this household. No way. Lush cookies.
I’m not a dunker either as I hate the biscuit remains that end up at the bottom of the cup.
These sound so delicious. And healthy too. I love that!
Thank you Ciara! 🙂
These are right up my street! I love apple and cinnamon. Not too keen on raisins but I could cope with them in this recipe as the rest of it sounds delicous. Like you I much prefer cookies to be chewy, than crisp and crunchy. I might have to give this recipe a go. Tx http://www.faceupbeauty.com
Thanks Tracey, do let me know how you get on if you decide to try them.
It really depends on the biscuit as to whether or not it requires dunking. A boring biscuit (e.g. rich teas) definitely require a good dunk. The tea and the biscuit are then elevated to a more tasty standard. However, a cookie or a chocolate digestive (or those tasty cookies you’ve made in this post) should never be dunked. It should be savoured on its own! <— the biscuit code right there 😉
Haha! This has to be one of the best comments ever. You should copyright and sell your biscuit code. 🙂
I’ve been baking cookies too! I made some Chai spiced ones definitely my spice flavour of choice right now : )
I saw the picture on my Facebook feed and they look awesome! 🙂
Yum. I love the idea of using cashew butter in them.
Thanks Nikki, I had actually ran out of coconut oil and the cashew butter worked really well instead.
I do like dunking biscuits, but I’m not a tea drinker! I’ll have warm milk (very comforting) or a hot chocolate though and then dunk away with my biscuits!
Warm milk and cookies was a favourite when I was younger. I should definitely revisit that tradition soon. 🙂
These look so yummy and I love using nuts and raisins to bake with! <3
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Same here, I think they add a lovely flavour and texture. 🙂
Those cookies seem so elegant in those plates… 🙂 Thanks for the recipe, I really enjoy dunking them but the piece I usually plan to eat falls apart before reaching my mouth!
Thanks Lily! I bet you’re not the only one that happens too. 🙂
Ooh these look lovely Jemma. Great pictures too!
Thanks Claire! 🙂
These sound fab! I love apples and cinnamon together.
I don’t dunk biscuits either- who wants a soggy biscuit??