Rainbow Biscuits

Since going wheat free too, we've had to look for an alternative to 'sprinkles' on puddings for good boys. Dr Oetker seem to do a range of shapes (these are Ploka Dots, but we also have the Butterflies) that are rice and potato starch based and/or contain cocoa butter. They also seem to have decent allergy info on website. 

I loved that these dots come in a range of rainbow colours (although the artist in me would have liked to see purple too) and wanted to do something to show them off (clearly trying to put off more important jobs...). 

These are adapted from the Shortbread Buttons recipe in the Austarlian Womens Weekly Cookies and Biscuits Book. I only made 1/2 quantity, but if your little monsters have the same biscuit gene as mine, you might need to do the full amount - admittedly, I've eaten quite a few too - as they didn't last long.

For Milk, Egg and Soya Free:


125g Dairy and Soya Free Spread  (Pure/Vitalite)
125g Hard white vegetable fat (Trex/Cookeen) - you can use all spread, but wouldn't be so crispy
1/3 cup (75g) Caster Sugar
1/4 cup (35g) Rice Flour
2 1/4 cup (335g) Plain Flour
1 tsp Vanilla paste 
Polka Dots or other sugar decorations.




For Wheat, Milk, Egg and Soya Free:

125g Dairy and Soya Free Spread  (Pure/Vitalite)

125g Hard white vegetable fat (Trex/Cookeen)

1/3 cup (75g) Caster Sugar

1/4 cup (35g) Rice Flour (I used chestnut flour, just because I had some that needed using up)

2 1/4 cup (335g) Gluten/wheat free White Bread Flour Mix (you could just use 2 1/2 cups (370g) of Gluten Free Flour instead bothering with the extra rice flour)

1 tsp Vanilla paste 

Polka Dots or other sugar decorations.

Whisk sugar, fats and vanilla until pale and fluffy.


Mix in the flours with a spoon until well combined to give a soft dough.


Chill for at least 30 mins to firm up.


Roll out onto lightly floured surface (to about 3mm thick) and cut into rectangles.


Press on Polka Dots if using.


Bake at 160ºC for 15-20mins until just browning on the edges.


Carefully lift onto wire rack to cool.


Eat and enjoy!