GOLDEN SYRUP BISCUITS G D Low

Gluten containing, Dairy Containing, Low Salicylate

Ingredients:

125g butter
90g (3/4 cup) brown sugar
1 egg
125g (3/4 cup) plain flour, sifted
185g (1 ½ cups) self-raising flour, sifted
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 tablespoons Golden Syrup
~ Extra 30g plain flour for kneading
Pre heat oven to 1800C (3500F)

Method:

• Cream the butter and the sugar until light in colour and
fluffy.
• Add the egg and beat well.
• Combine and sift the flours & bicarbonate of soda, then fold them into the mixture by hand or use a very slow speed on your electric mixer
• Finally adding the golden syrup and mix well
• Sprinkle the extra flour onto a flat surface and knead the mixture until soft but not sticky. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Divide the mixture into 2.
• Roll out each portion to 3mm (1/8in) thickness.
• Cut using a biscuit cutter or the floured round rim of a glass.
• Place baking paper onto a flat baking tray (or grease the tray) and place the biscuits on this about 4 cm apart.
• Position tray towards the top of the oven and cook for 10-15 minutes. If toward the bottom, they will burn at the base. They will crisp on cooling, so don’t over cook to make it crisp. Leave on the tray to cool and remove when firm.

ROYAL ICING

1 egg white
250g (8oz) pure icing sugar
• Beat the egg white in a small bowl until bubbly (not until stiff)
• Add the icing sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Spread this over each biscuit

RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RPAH FOOD CHEMICAL ELIMINATION DIET

Disclaimer: Please note that the food chemical elimination diet is a testing tool to find which food chemical substances your body is sensitive to. It is not intended to be a life-long diet. This procedure should be done with the supervision of your dietitian. Once the elimination investigations are complete you need to add foods back to the diet, from the food chemical groups you have been avoiding, to find your tolerance levels to the substances to which you are sensitive.

The following recipes fall into 4 main categories and will help you through this diet investigation and or the initial re-introduction of moderate chemicals.

LOW CHEMICAL RECIPES
Free from gluten/wheat and dairy foods