I’m excited to share my first recipe with you all: my SIBO friendly Anzac biscuits! I’m usually behind the scenes being Rebecca’s right hand woman, but I’m also a very keen cook. Being from the UK you’d be surprised to know that I’m slightly addicted to Anzac biscuits. However once you know I have an Aussie Stepmum and loads of Aussie friends it’s probably not so surprising. My Stepmum told me many years ago the tale of how this iconic biscuit was originally made to send to the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli. The story has stayed with me, and I’ve now shared it with my boys, what better way to honour the day than to whip up a batch of these special biscuits?
My family all have their own little tweak on their recipes, however as theirs all have oats in I wanted to create a recipe without oats that is suitable for people with SIBO. My boys and I had great fun baking up test batches of these, there was a lot of eating them before they had even cooled down and hardened up, I hope you enjoy them!
Recipe contributed by: Kate Morgan
SIBO Anzac biscuit recipe
Makes: 14 small biscuits, 1 per serving
Classification: Semi-Restricted phase (Bi-Phasic Diet), gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free (if coconut oil used)
Ingredients
1.5 cups almond meal
1/2 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup walnuts (chopped very finely in a food processor)
1/3 cup butter or coconut oil
1 tsp bicarb soda
3 tbs honey
1 tbs water
1 tsp vanilla powder
Method
Pre-heat your oven to 120C/250F. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl place the almond meal, coconut, vanilla powder and walnuts. Mix together and create a well in the middle of the mixture.
In a small saucepan melt the butter (or coconut oil) and honey together. Take the saucepan off the heat and add the bicarb and water. Stir this until it becomes a white-ish foam.
Pour your honey and butter mix into the well in your dry ingredients. Mix well until well combined.
Take dessert spoon fulls of the mixture and roll it in your palm as firmly as possible into a ball. Be patient, this mix holds together well but needs a little handling. Place the ball on your baking tray and flatten out a little.
Place in the oven for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Leave to cool on the baking sheet and don't handle until they have hardened.
Pour a lemon and turmeric tea, grab a biscuit and sit down in a comfy chair!
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Hi Rebecca,
Could you use leftover almond pulp in place of regular almond meal ?
If so would you add the same amount ?
You would need to dry it out before using it, otherwise it won’t work like almond meal.
Hello,
How many are you allowed per serving to remain on the semi restricted phase 1 sibo diet?
Hi Dayna
It’s one biscuit (cookie) per serve.
Rebecca
Can you switch out pecans for walnuts? I’d love to do the walrus but they are a high intolerance food for me at the moment..
What about almonds for the walnuts? Would that work?
Hi Jen
Yes of course! They would be delicious. Let me know how it goes.
Rebecca
Can I ask where in the world you buy vanilla powder from? I’ve searched high & low for it! Thanks.
You can buy it from health food stores Lisa. I like to use the Loving Earth vanilla powder. https://lovingearth.net/vanilla-bean-powder-863.html
This looks like a great recipe. However I am intolerant of almonds – not all nuts – just almonds. Do you have an alternative non gluten suggestion for a substitute to almond meal please?
Hi Judy
I did do a batch with coconut flour instead of almonds, you’d need more butter/coconut oil with this mix as the coconut flour is very absorbent. I’d probably try them with a 1/2 cup of whichever fat you use, so long as the mix sticks together they’ll be good. You might also want to keep a close eye on them as they will probably brown a little quicker.
Hope that helps
Kate
These taste amazing!!! I whipped up a batch this morning and am thinking I’ll have to make another because everyone loves them! I used golden syrup instead of honey as we didn’t have any in the house and I used about 4tbs instead of the recommended 3 as I like mine very sweet and sticky.
Deffs recommend giving this spin on a classic.a try.
Hi Alex
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, yours sound even more delicious and indulgent. We’re onto our second batch too!
Kate
Hi Alex
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, yours sound even more delicious and indulgent. We’re onto our second batch too!
Kate