Wine Biscuits

It's January and the new years resolutions are already out the window, the guilt has kicked in and the excessive festive drinking is hard to shake off. So these healthy option biscuits seem like the right move. Not only do they satisfy your sweet tooth, you can also say that the anti-oxidants in red wine are good for you? yeah? Well that's what I'm telling myself.



Red Wine Biscuits (makes 16-25)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of plain flour
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup of dry red wine (I used a Cabernet Sauvignon)
• 3 tsp of baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• Granulated sugar (for topping)
• 2 tsp of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp of ground cloves
• 1 tsp of ground nutmeg
  

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 175c and line a baking tray with parchment.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking power, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. Add all the wet ingredients and combine until it forms a soft dough. If the dough is too dry, add a teaspoon of wine at a time until soft enough.
• Divide the dough into small pieces, about the size of a golf ball. On a flat surface, roll each ball into a 1/2" thick rope. Pinch the ends together to form a doughnut shape.
• Dip one side of each biscuit into granulated sugar, pressing gently.
• Bake for 15 minutes until the bottoms are golden (in an electric oven they may need a little longer).
• Cool completely on a wire rack. They'll be a little doughy when first out the oven but the cooling down will harden them up.
  
• Sit down and enjoy with a cup of tea or maybe one of those left over glasses of red ( just for some added anti-oxidants).

They look pretty grim on first glance but they do taste good. I promise. My next plan is to make a savoury version with parmesan and white wine.