Sugar free baby rusks

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I have been on a mission to find a recipe for sugar free baby rusks that I can make from home so it’s cheaper but more importantly I know what’s in it.

One day a friend offered Fiamma a Rusk biscuit from a supermarket and she absolutely devoured it!  It was nice and hard for her to hold but took ages to dissolve so it kept her entertained for a good 30mins!

I wanted a recipe that didn’t require adding any salt or sugar but gave me a really hard biscuit that wouldn’t break apart easily but would slowly dissolve as she knawed on it.

Here it is!  A brilliant recipe for your babies who are teething and a great snack/finger food

Prep: 10-15 mins

Cooking: 30-40 mins

Difficulty: easy

Serves: approx. 12 biscuits

Ingredients

To buy:

4 tablespoons fruit puree or apple sauce

Store-cupboard essentials:

1 egg

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

Optional: cinnamon powder, parmesan, orange zest

METHOD

PRE-HEAT  your oven to 180C and prepare a baking tray with greaseproof parchment paper.

MIX your flour and baking powder in a bowl.

ADD your egg and fruit puree and mix together to form a dough.

TAKING walnut sized pieces, roll the dough into sausages, place each piece on your baking tray and then flatten the top with your fingers so that you create a flatter surface and rectangle shape (this means the rusk will be a nice shape and easy for your baby to hold).  Continue until you have used up all your dough.  It should make approximately 12 biscuits.

OPTIONAL:  you can dust the top of each biscuit with an extra flavour – cinnamon or orange zest are great flavours, but I also love some grated parmesan to make a cheesy savoury biscuit.

BAKE in the oven for approximately 30-40mins until golden brown and hard.

REMOVE from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.  The biscuits usually keep for over a week in an airtight container.  The perfect snack!

Prep: 10-15 mins

Cooking: 30-40 mins

Difficulty: easy

Serves: approx. 12 biscuits

Ingredients

To buy:

4 tablespoons fruit puree or apple sauce

Store-cupboard essentials:

1 egg

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

Optional: cinnamon powder, parmesan, orange zest

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