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Teething Biscuits for Babies

Reggie Dwork <reggie@jeff-and-reggie.com>
Wed, 13 May 2009 15:29:44 -0700
v109.n019.1
* Exported from MasterCook *

                              Teething Biscuits

Recipe By     :Brinna Sands
Serving Size  : 26    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Bread-Bakers Mailing List       Breads

    Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
       1/4           cup  whole milk -- (4 oz)
       1/4           cup  vegetable oil -- (1 3/4 oz)
    14              cups  unsulfured molasses -- (3 oz)
    1 1/2           cups  all-purpose flour -- King Arthur 
Unbleached, (6 3/8 oz)
    1 1/2           cups  Whole wheat flour -- King Arthur Traditional,(6 oz)

Mixing:  Blend the liquid ingredients together as best you can.  Stir 
in the flours, then turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 3 
or 4 min until dough is well blended and smooth.  Cover it and let it 
rest for at least 20 min.  You may need to sprinkle the dough with a 
little water to finish bringing it together.

Preheat your oven to 350F.  Lightly grease a baking sheet, or line it 
with parchment.

Shaping:  Roll the dough out until it's about 1/4" thick.  Cut into 
rectangular pieces about 1 x 2 1/2".  Prick them with a fork several 
times for no other reason than to give you a gauge to check your 
baby's progress as he or she works down the biscuit.  If you let the 
biscuits rest for 15 or 20 min before they go into the oven, the 
gluten will relax and they'll keep their shape.

Baking:  Bake for about 30 minutes until the biscuits are quite 
firm.  If they seem to be browning too fast, top or bottom, turn the 
heat down to 325F for the last 10 min.  Let them cool completely and 
harden before you wrap them.

Yield: 16 biscuits

WW Points: 2

Source:
    "The Baking Sheet, Spring 2009"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 539 Calories; 3g Fat (4.1% 
calories from fat); 2g Protein; 132g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 
trace Cholesterol; 67mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 
Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 8 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : These teething biscuits might not taste good to you.  There's 
no leavening in them so they'll be hard, but that's the point: those 
baby teeth coming in need something to work on.  There's no salt in 
these cookies either.  Babies haven't developed a taste for it.

If you don't happen to have a baby at home at the moment these 
biscuits, along with the recipe, make a wonderful present for parents 
of a toddler.  This will make 3 - 4 doz teething biscuits.

If you don't want the flavor of these cookies to be too strong, you 
can substitute 2 Tbsp sugar for the molassses.  DON'T substitute 
honey if your baby is less than a year old.  Honey can contain 
dormant botulism spores which are a concern until babies are beyond 
that sensitive first year.