Desserts
Free From Wagon Wheels
Recipe by Amelia Littlejohn
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Who had wagon wheels as a kid? Now there’s a free-from alternative! These are an indulgent, delicious treat perfect to make at the weekend for an afternoon sweet snack with a cup of tea.
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For the biscuit
- 120g buckwheat flour
- 100g oat milk
- 35g coconut oil
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp water
For the vanilla cream
- 70g cashews (soaked in water overnight)
- 2 tbsp coconut cream
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Remaining ingredients
- 3 tbsp strawberry jam
- 200g dark chocolate
Utensils
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Step 1
Make sure you soak your cashews in cold water for at least 4 hours (or overnight).
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Step 2
Start by making the biscuits. Pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees celsius.
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Step 3
Mix together the buckwheat flour, oat milk and baking powder in a bowl. Mix everything together well until a cookie-dough mixture forms.
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Step 4
Melt the coconut oil then add this to the mixing bowl along with maple syrup, vanilla extract and water. Mix everything together well until a cookie-dough mixture forms.
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Step 5
Roll the dough out on a floured surface and cut into round biscuit shapes. Making sure you make an even amount.
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Step 6
Place these biscuits on a lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
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Step 7
To make the vanilla cream, start by draining and rinsing the soaked cashews. Place them in a food processor along with the coconut cream, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Blend until the mixture is really smooth
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Step 8
Once the biscuits are completely cool spread some of the cashew cream on to the bottom side of one biscuit and a layer of jam onto the bottom side of another biscuit. Sandwich the two together. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
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Step 9
Place the biscuits into the fridge to set a little for half an hour.
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Step 10
Melt the dark chocolate in a saucepan over a low-medium heat then remove the biscuits from the fridge and coat each one with the melted chocolate.
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Step 11
Place the coated biscuits onto a baking tray and place in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
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Step 12
Enjoy!
