Get baking with your little ones this Christmas and make this lovely festive orange and cranberry cookie recipe with the help of our friends at Wild Child Kitchen

When it comes to preparations for Christmas, there's nothing better than involving your children in the decorating, cooking and baking. They will be so excited to make this tasty recipe for the festive holidays to share with the whole family. It is super quick and easy to prepare, low in sugar, salt, high in fibre and a real treat for your guests this Christmas. Most of the ingredients are things you'd normally have in your cupboard (you can use any other dried fruit in case you don't have dried cranberries) yet the result is super tasty, a healthy festive snack for both children and grown-ups! Set up in the summer of 2016, Wild Child Kitchen is London's new healthful food service for children. They have the ambitious mission to inspire the next generation of little foodies with a menu of colourful dishes influenced by cuisines from around the world. Their ingredients are organic wherever possible, seasonal and sustainably sourced. Each of their dishes is made without gluten, dairy or nuts; making their food offering inclusive for little foodies with these particular allergies and intolerances. They never add refined sugar or salt to any of their meals. Plus, all their packaging is plant-based and biodegradable. If you fancy trying one of their tasty dishes, you can use the code XMASPUDDLES to enjoy 20% off your order before the end of December, 2017.

Orange & cranberry cookies (makes 12)

Ingredients

75g coarse oat flour* 40g gf flour Zest of 1 orange 50g chopped dried cranberries 20g dried raspberries 30ml maple syrup 2tbsp melted coconut oil ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ginger *(simply blitz oats in food processor) Glaze 2tbsp maple syrup Pinch of cinnamon Juice of 1 orange

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C and line baking tray with greaseproof paper. In a mixing bowl mix all the cookie ingredients. Roll out with a rolling pin straight onto the baking parchment and cut out the biscuits with a star cutter. Coat the top of each cookie with the glaze using a pastry brush. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. If you've enjoyed this festive cookie recipe and want to know more, you can use the code XMASPUDDLES to enjoy 20% off any orders placed with Wild Child Kitchen until the end of December 2017.