Easy Homemade Teething Biscuits for Babies
These Easy Homemade Teething Biscuits for Babies are the perfect first snack for little ones starting solids or struggling with teething discomfort. Made with simple ingredients like banana, sweet potato, and oat flour, they’re naturally sweet, nutritious, and satisfyingly hard—ideal for gnawing.
This recipe has been updated with a revised method that delivers a firmer, more toddler-proof teething biscuit. Whether you're using banana, sweet potato, or even other root vegetables like pumpkin or carrot, this recipe is a flexible and wholesome choice. And yes—no added sugar!
Why These Teething Biscuits Work So Well
- Designed to be hard enough for teething babies and toddlers
- Made with whole-food ingredients and no added sugar
- Flexible—can use banana, sweet potato, or most root veggie purées
Ingredients You Will Need
Ingredient Notes and Substitutes
- Sweet potato & banana – You can use either one or a mix of both. Pumpkin and carrot also work well.
- Oat flour – This recipe is based on oats. I make my own at home—it's super easy. Check out my homemade oat flour guide here.
- Arrowroot – Helps bind the dough and improve texture. Cornstarch could be a backup if needed.
- Coconut oil – Adds subtle flavor and fat; use a neutral oil if you prefer.
- Chamomile tea (optional) – A calming addition that offers a mild floral taste. You can steep a tea bag in the water when preparing your purée.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Healthy Baby Rusk recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Blend it Smooth
To get started, you’ll need a smooth banana and sweet potato purée. I make my own sweet potato purée from scratch it's super easy.
For this step, I use a stick blender straight into a tall cup, but any food processor or bullet-style blender will work too. Just make sure your ingredients are cool if you're using a closed-style blender.
Step Two: Mix Your Dry Ingredients
In a large mixing bowl, combine your oat flour and arrowroot powder. I use a fork to make sure everything is well mixed before adding the wet ingredients
Step Three: Make the Dough
Add your purée and a bit of coconut oil to the dry ingredients and start mixing. I use a wooden spoon at first—once things come together, you’ll have a sticky dough that looks a bit like thick playdough
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Step Four: Portion the Dough
Time to shape your teething biscuits! I scoop out ½ cup of dough at a time and roll it into long sausage shapes. You’re aiming for about ¾ inch thick—thick enough for little hands to grip and gnaw.
Step Five: Cut & Arrange
Once rolled, cut your sausages into 3-inch batons. Place them evenly on a lined baking tray—I use a reusable silicone liner to make cleanup easy.
Step Six Bake & Store
Bake the biscuits low and slow at 120°C (250°F) for 2 hours until they’re nice and hard. If I have time, I turn the oven off and let them cool inside overnight to get that extra crunch toddlers love.
Once they’re completely cool, pop them into a jar or airtight container.:
Top Tips
Here is how you can make these teething biscuits perfectly every time!
- Use very smooth purée for consistent texture.
- Adjust oat flour if dough is too wet—moisture content varies by veggie.
- Make in bulk and store in a jar for easy grab-and-go teething relief.
- You can absolutely use store-bought baby food too. Just mix ½ cup of your little one's favourite purée with 1 ½ cups of oat flour—easy!
FAQs
Typically from around 6 months, once they are showing signs of readiness for solids and can hold and mouth objects safely.
Yes, they’re designed to be firm and graspable, without crumbling too easily.
How to Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby Led Weaning
These biscuits are perfect for baby-led weaning. They're shaped for easy grasping, firm enough to avoid crumbling into choking hazards, and made from whole-food ingredients with no added sugar or salt. Always supervise your baby while eating and offer water alongside.
Homemade Teething Biscuits
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup sweet potato purée 100 grams
- ¼ cup banana (mashed) 100 grams
- 1 ½ cups oat flour 180 grams
- 1 Tablespoon Arrowroot
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil or other light flavoured oil
Optional
- 1 Chamomile tea bag
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 120°C (250°F).
- Blend sweet potato purée and mashed banana until very smooth.
- In a bowl, combine oat flour and arrowroot powder using a fork.
- Add the purée and coconut oil to the dry mix.
- Mix with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. It should be slightly stickier than playdough. If needed, adjust with extra oat flour depending on the moisture content of your ingredients.
- Divide the dough into ½ cup portions and roll into long sausages, approx. ¾ inch thick.
- Cut each sausage into 3-inch batons—easy for little hands to hold.
- Place on a lined baking tray.
- Bake at 120°C (250°F) for 2 hours until hard. Optionally, turn off the oven and leave to cool inside overnight for extra hardness.
- Store in an airtight container once completely cool.
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Notes
- Use very smooth purée for consistent texture.
- Adjust oat flour if dough is too wet—moisture content varies by veggie.
- Make in bulk and store in a jar for easy grab-and-go teething relief.
- You can absolutely use store-bought baby food too. Just mix ½ cup of your little one's favourite purée with 1 ½ cups of oat flour—easy!
- Sweet potato & banana – You can use either one or a mix of both. Pumpkin and carrot also work well.
- Oat flour – This recipe is based on oats. I make my own at home—it's super easy. Check out my homemade oat flour guide here.
- Arrowroot – Helps bind the dough and improve texture. Cornstarch could be a backup if needed.
- Coconut oil – Adds subtle flavor and fat; use a neutral oil if you prefer.
- Chamomile tea (optional) – A calming addition that offers a mild floral taste. You can steep a tea bag in the water when preparing your purée.
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Would these work with coconut flour? Or spelt flour?
I have not tried with coconut flour or spelt flour. I think they probably would Wirth spelt, but coconut flour can be more crumbly than other flours so I am not sure how it would go
Could I use Be Sleepy Tea (chamomile, passionflower and lemon balm)?
Absolutely, any tea (tanin and caffeine free would be fine) you can make them without tea as well
Thank you! Can't wait to try with my little teether. She really needs something to sooth her and loves sweet potatoes.
How long do these store? Did you store in refrigerator or pantry? What is oat flour?
Oat flour is just ground oats. I make it by blitzing my rolled oats (i.e. porridge oats) in a food processor
What is the youngest baby age you can give these to?
My baby is 4 months but I'm wondering if he I'd too young?
From an ingredient perspective based on current guidelines they would be ok from when you start solids which could be between 4-6mths. However due to their nature as a finger food they will not be suitable until your baby is ready for finger foods which is usually closer to 6 mths.
What's the best way to store these? I put mine in an airtight jar and they'd gone mouldy in 4 days. Care they good to freeze?
Yes you can freeze them
Can you freeze these?
Just made those today. They re great thanks! Also Keen to know if they could be frozen. Thanks!
I have not tried freezing this recipe. It should be fine though
I haven't tried freezing them, but based on the ingredients it should be fine
Can these be frozen please?
I haven't tried but it seems other people have and it has been a success!
Are they hard like bought rusks ?
They are different to store bought rusks, if you cook them for a short time they are a spft biscuit that melts when weating, if you bake them longer they go hard.
Oh so great to hear they were a success
I've made these and store them in the freezer. I give them straight from the freezer will my teething boy loves.
My mixture seemed to be too soft, even when I added more oat flour ... When I got them out the oven, the paper had stuck to the bottom so I lost almost half my biscuits ? Any suggestions? I rally want to give him homemade snacks!
What may have happened was your sweet potato puree was too moist. after you've cooked the sweet potato drain it then leave it to sit while warm so that some of the water evaporates. What sort of paper were you using.. make sure it is noon-stick cooking/baking paper
What age are these suitable for
From 6 mths
I never comment on blogs but these are so good, I had to! I made this for my son tonight while he was asleep. Let's just say I'm not sure how much he'll actually get to eat because I can't stop snacking on them! I used gluten free rolled oats so even though I'm on a cleanse, this makes an awesome snack for me too! (I also omitted chamomile because I didn't have it on hand.)
Oh thanks for letting me know!!
Hi! Looks easy and delicious recipe.
Can i substitute oat flour to whole wheat flour?