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Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits (Vegan)

Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.

We try to prioritise savoury over sweet in our house. That includes breakfast and snacks. We sometimes fail with breakfast, mostly for convenience sake. So we make sure we always have Shredded Wheat, Weetabix and porridge oats or Ready Oats on hand, as well as peanut butter (and occasional other homemade nut butters) for toast. That way if we don’t have time for vegetable frittatas, scrambled eggs, bacon, veggies or some sort of breakfast casserole, then we can reach for sugar-free (or at least very low sugar) instant alternatives.

Snacks can be quite tricky, too. We usually have some chopped vegetables on hand (my daughter is a big fan of roasted beets, raw mushrooms, carrots, celery and sugar snap peas in particular), and I try and make a vegetable-packed dip for the week if I can.
Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.

But occasionally, it’s just a day for a sweet snack. And that means baking. Because let’s face it, shop-bought sweet snacks are laden with sugar. Even the ones labelled “healthy”, and often even those labelled “no added sugar” end up being quite high in natural sugars.

I have got to a point now where I have so many recipes books that I have had to implement a rule in order to stop me buying too many more: every time I buy one, I have to get rid of another. But there is one I don’t see myself getting rid of anytime soon! It is called Weelicious (you may have come across the website before), and was one of many contributors to this website becoming a reality, in the way it inspired me.

Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.

I share much of Catherine’s philosophy on kids and food, particularly the idea that we shouldn’t “hide” healthy things in food for children and that if we want kids to love food we should get them involved in the process of growing, buying and/or cooking it as much as possible.

Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.

This recipe is adapted from one of my favourite recipes from the book. I cut out the sugar in it and changed a few of the other ingredients around, and it is now at a point where my daughter and I are both completely happy with the results each time (as is are all those we bake it for!).

Little hands can:

  • Pour in and stir dry ingredients in a bowl
  • Use clean hands to bring the dough together
  • Help you roll out the dough
  • Use cookie cutters to stamp out the biscuits
5 from 1 vote
Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.
Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

A delicious, vegan, healthy sugar free snack. One-bowl and quick to make, these apple & cinnamon biscuits are a perfect cookie for busy families.

Course: Dessert, Snack
Servings: 15 -20 biscuits, depending on the cutter size
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup (70g) plain flour (you can use wholemeal, white or even gluten-free if you like)
  • 1/2 cup (70g) spelt flour (or another 1/2 cup plain flour)
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp xylitol, rice syrup, or a few drops liquid stevia to taste (optional)
  • 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 small apple, cored and grated (peeled as well if you wish)
  • 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses, optional but recommended for colour and flavour (leave out for completely sugar free)
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • splash of milk if needed (non-dairy is fine)
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 200C/gas 6/400F.
  2. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Add grated apple and stir well to coat in the flour mixture.
  3. Add molasses (if using) and melted coconut oil, and mix (ideally with clean hands) until the dough comes together. Add a splash of milk or more oil if you need it. It should make a slightly sticky dough but needs to be rolled out, so not too sticky!

  4. Flatten the dough to about 1/2" thick with your hands or a rolling pin, then use cutters to cut out your desired shapes (kids love this bit!).
  5. Place on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 20 mins in preheated oven, or until the biscuits are fairly firm to the touch and getting golden around the edges.
  6. Allow to cool, then tuck in!
Recipe Notes

I call these "biscuits" in the English sense of the word: cookies. While they do have a slight scone-like American "biscuit"-ness about them, if that is what you are looking for, you will probably need to make them much thicker and bake for a little longer!

Sugar Free Apple & Cinnamon Biscuits | Raising Sugar Free Kids - a delicious, healthy sugar free snack that is so easy kids can make it, as well as being vegan, easily made gluten free, one-bowl and ready in no time! A perfect snack for busy families.

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10 Comments

    1. Hi Stan,
      There is no dextrose in this recipe. Xylitol and stevia are both sugar free, and the molasses is optional and very minimal (just a 1/4 tsp for the whole batch of cookies). There is of course fructose in the apple, but if you read our Food Philosophy you know we use the World Health Organisation’s recommendations and definitions regarding “free sugars” on the website for how we class our recipes as “sugar free” vs “low sugar” and in how we make our food choices throughout the day and week.
      Hope that helps clarify things for you. 🙂

  1. 5 stars
    Doing sugar free February and been craving something sweet, these hit the spot! Even my autistic three year old (that usually has to see something ten plus times before he’ll even pick it up) loves them and happily ate one within minutes of it being put in front of him. Found it useful it’s easy to substitute or leave out some ingredients without ruining the whole recipe. Might even try this with banana instead if apple next time.

    1. I’m so pleased to hear that! Wonderful news about your son – my husband has worked with kids with autism for years so I know what an achievement that can be! 🙂 Banana sounds like a great sub, let me know how you get on.

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