Remember the Wagon Wheel? I most certainly do, they were one of my favourite chocolate biscuits growing up. Well these not so little beauties (that’s the joy of home baking you can supersize them back to the original size!) are made gluten free and are so easy to sub the ingredients so that you an make them dairy free too.
Now I won’t tell you porky-pies, these are a bit fiddly to make but your efforts will be rewarded grandly with gasps of ‘oooh’s’ and ‘aah’s’ when you present them to your family and guests this Halloween. Remember; a wagon wheel is not just for Halloween, it’s for life so simply remove the green food colouring (and possibly the jam) and you’ve got a year-round treat that the family will love you for!
This particular recipe came from my e-book Back to Biscuits; 35 Family Favourites which I’m going to give you a code for so you can purchase it for only 99p (usual price £1.99) Enter GLUTA99 to get your discount!
This wagon wheel recipe is part of another Free From Gang collaboration for #FreeFromHalloween so remember to check out my fellow gang’s links to their spooky recipes below.
More recipes are to follow so bookmark this page immediately (miss bossy boots!) so you don’t miss out…
A childhood favourite made goolishly gluten free with slimey and oozing 'blood' (raspberry jam). The perfect treat for this Halloween to feed your spooky family big and small!
- 200 g Gluten Free Plain Flour
- 50 g Butter
- 50 g Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 Egg White
- 2 tsp Cocoa Powder
- Generous pinch of salt
- ¼ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- For the filling/coating :
- 100 g Marshmallows
- Seedless raspberry jam
- Green food colouring
- 300 g Milk Chocolate
- Preheat oven to 190°C
- In a large bowl or mixer cream together the butter and sugar until pale.
- Add the egg white and combine.
- Sift in remaining ingredients and combine. The mixture will be very crumbly. Take some mixture in your hand and make a fist, if it moulds it’s fine, if not add a tsp of water.
Tip the crumbly mixture onto a lightly floured surface and knead, the heat from your hands will encourage the mixture into dough.
No need to chill so gently begin to roll out, it may crack a little but not to worry, you can tease these minor crack back together. (a good tip for this is to roll towards the centre of the dough once it's rolled out) The dough will need to be 5mm thick.
- Using a 3 inch/8 cm cutter, cut out 16 circles to sandwich together. Using a fork gently prick the entire top of each biscuit.
- Place on a prepared baking sheet, 8 to a tray should be fine as these do not spread.
- Cook for 10mins, they will change little in colour and will hardly rise.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
To make the filling heat the marshmallows in the microwave for 30 seconds on 700-750W. Add enough green food colouring to create you slime effect.
Add a teaspoon of jam to the centre of 8 biscuit halves.
Dollop a spoonful of marshmallow onto the jam and tease the marshmallow to seal the jam in to prevent seepage then gently sandwich together, leave to set at room temperature for 5-10 mins.
- Dip the edges of the sandwiched biscuit into a bowl of melted chocolate quickly using a dip and turn method.
- Place on a baking sheet and Cover the top of the biscuit, to make the pattern effect simply sweep the spoon gently side to side in a zig-zag fashion.
- Allow to cool and set completely in the fridge, repeat the last step for the underside of the biscuit.
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Ha ha! SO clever. Gross….. but clever! Of all the biscuits in your book, the Wagon Wheels is the one I most need to try…. MUST make some!
Haha, is rather gross isn’t it! The family certainly love these and my nephews were so excited to have them for lunch today! xx
I love the slime. Such an amazing colour!
It’s pretty … erm … green haha. Now I’m wondering if I can do a Christmas themed wagon wheel in candy can colours. Too much? 😀
LOVE THESE!!! Always loved the wagon wheels when i was a kid and the green slime in the middle is perfect!
Me too Midge! This is exactly why I had to recreate them in my book…so Beth could also have those memories…it’s a right of passage hahaha
These look so good, so close to the real deal! Happy Hallowe’en! #FreeFromFridays #FreeFromHalloween
Thank you Laura, they’re pretty yummy…yes, I did have a nibble to the detriment of my poor unforgiving tummy!
I have always loved wagon wheels and love your take on them for Halloween. I can imagine everyone being really surprised (in a goodw ay) when they bite into them. Thank you for sharing on #CookBlogShare.
Thank you Jacqui, they certainly went down a treat in our household xx
These are wonderful, I’m so impressed!
Thank you Kat, yes they’re a wee bit fiddly when it comes to coating them in chocolate but they’re soooo worth it!
oh you’re so cleaver. These look so much fun Rebecca. Jo x
Haha, thank you Jo, we’re all pretty awesome when it comes to free from – Go Free From Gang!