Caitlin's Biccies

Wheat, gluten, corn, soya, egg, dairy & nut free

Caitlin suffers from EGIDs (Eisinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders – see FM Nov 06 or the FM website) so there are a very small number of foods that she can eat safely. Kelly, her mum,
sent us this email with a recipe for Caitin’s favourite biscuits. We thought you might enjoy them.

I have just read about the parents affected by the Trufree issues, and I feel for them. I wondered if parents might like to try the biscuits that I make for Caitlin as an alternative. I know it’s not as easy as buying something off the shelf, but at least they know what’s in them!

3 cups potato flour, sieved
1 cup organic caster sugar, sieved
a few teaspoons of water or apple juice (organic)
organic extra virgin olive oil
(or whatever oil the child can have)

Sieve the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
Add the water or juice, and start adding the oil.
Blend together as you would pastry and go through the dry crumbly stage and then work it into a dough.
You don’t want it too crumbly as the biscuits will fall apart when you roll the dough out, but you don’t want it too wet and sticky otherwise they go rock hard.
It is a bit hit and miss the first couple of times but worth persevering. You can also add cocoa powder for a chocolate version (we find that Caitlin tolerates the Cadbury Bournville cocoa) or you can crumble apple crisps into the biscuits, or add some dried fruit. Caitlin can’t tolerate dried fruit but other children may.
Press the dough out rather than trying to roll, as it is quite fragile stuff, and then cut into mini biscuits, about a inch across. I have some great mini cutters that I got on Ebay to make them into different shapes; normal size cutters are no good, as they make the biscuits too big so that they won’t cook properly.
Bake in a preheated oven (180C). They take about 8 minutes, but keep an eye on them. They are done when they are just starting to brown on the edges. Take them out and put them on a cooling rack carefully as they will still be crumbly; as they cool they go harder like biscuits.
They taste like candyfloss shortbread but if you use too much oil they will be very hard! Caitlin adores them.
You can get huge bags of potato flour from Goodness
Direct (0871 871 6611) or small bags from Holland and Barrett.

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