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02-04-2005, 10:30 AM
(This is modified from Sharons Lemony Chews)
READ THROUGH RECIPE BEFORE SOAKING NUTS
Lemon Coconut Chews
1 cup soaked cashews
1 cup soaked pine nuts (I had extra that I wanted to use up, but if I didnt I would use cashews)
zest from 2 lemons
juice from 2-3 lemons
1/4 - 1/2 cup of agave nectar or honey (or to taste)
2 cups dried coconut finely shredded
Put nuts in a bowl. Add enough water to soak.
Juice lemons (I got about 1/2 a mugs worth of juice from my two lemons). Set juice aside. Zest the lemons you just juiced. (The EASIEST way to do this is to use a WONDERFUL tool that Sharon introduced me to called a Microplane. I bought mine at World Plus Market and LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Never has zesting been so easy or so much FUN.)
Add zest to soaking nuts and soak for 2-4 hours.
I then drained the nuts and zest and ran through juicer with blank plate on, but you could use the food processor. Then I poured the juice through the juicer (still with the blank plate on) just to get the nuts and zest I missed. But, if you are processing, dont add lemon juice yet, instead put processed nuts and zest in a bowl and add lemon juice.
Stir lemon juice into processed nuts and zest. Add agave nectar to taste (I added between 1/4 and 1/2, but really close to 1/2. You can always adjust for taste.)
Stir in 1 cup coconut until well incorporated. Add the remaining cup of coconut and stir until well incorporated.
Taste it to make sure it is sweet enough, but it should be nice and tangy from all the lemon zest & juice. I also had my kids take a taste and they were ready to eat the whole bowl of dough!
Because these are a bit tangy, I like to take it in small amounts, so I recommend making cookies the size of quarters (a little bigger because they do slightly shrink while drying). Makes about 2-3 teflex sheets worth.
Dehydrate for quite a while until the outsides are fairly hard, but they should still be a chewy. Transfer them to mesh sheets once they solidified by putting a mesh sheet and tray on top of the tray with the cookies and flip. This will put the bottom of the cookies on top, as well as transfer all the cookies to the mesh sheet.
YUM YUM YUM! These are dehydrating right now. For an added fun touch, you could add coconut to the tops of the cookies, or a finely chopped nut on top for decoration.
Thank you Sharon for sharing your recipe. I hope you enjoy this one too!
Blessings, Paula
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HealthSeekersForum
READ THROUGH RECIPE BEFORE SOAKING NUTS
Lemon Coconut Chews
1 cup soaked cashews
1 cup soaked pine nuts (I had extra that I wanted to use up, but if I didnt I would use cashews)
zest from 2 lemons
juice from 2-3 lemons
1/4 - 1/2 cup of agave nectar or honey (or to taste)
2 cups dried coconut finely shredded
Put nuts in a bowl. Add enough water to soak.
Juice lemons (I got about 1/2 a mugs worth of juice from my two lemons). Set juice aside. Zest the lemons you just juiced. (The EASIEST way to do this is to use a WONDERFUL tool that Sharon introduced me to called a Microplane. I bought mine at World Plus Market and LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Never has zesting been so easy or so much FUN.)
Add zest to soaking nuts and soak for 2-4 hours.
I then drained the nuts and zest and ran through juicer with blank plate on, but you could use the food processor. Then I poured the juice through the juicer (still with the blank plate on) just to get the nuts and zest I missed. But, if you are processing, dont add lemon juice yet, instead put processed nuts and zest in a bowl and add lemon juice.
Stir lemon juice into processed nuts and zest. Add agave nectar to taste (I added between 1/4 and 1/2, but really close to 1/2. You can always adjust for taste.)
Stir in 1 cup coconut until well incorporated. Add the remaining cup of coconut and stir until well incorporated.
Taste it to make sure it is sweet enough, but it should be nice and tangy from all the lemon zest & juice. I also had my kids take a taste and they were ready to eat the whole bowl of dough!
Because these are a bit tangy, I like to take it in small amounts, so I recommend making cookies the size of quarters (a little bigger because they do slightly shrink while drying). Makes about 2-3 teflex sheets worth.
Dehydrate for quite a while until the outsides are fairly hard, but they should still be a chewy. Transfer them to mesh sheets once they solidified by putting a mesh sheet and tray on top of the tray with the cookies and flip. This will put the bottom of the cookies on top, as well as transfer all the cookies to the mesh sheet.
YUM YUM YUM! These are dehydrating right now. For an added fun touch, you could add coconut to the tops of the cookies, or a finely chopped nut on top for decoration.
Thank you Sharon for sharing your recipe. I hope you enjoy this one too!
Blessings, Paula
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HealthSeekersForum