Carmella
10-31-2006, 01:49 PM
I put together 3 different kinds of cookies before going to bed and boy, was it smelling good in the kitchen this morning! ;) We just had to try a sample of each eventhough they weren't quite ready yet...
Wow! Our favorite is actually the simplest. The flavor is so subtle and it melts in your mouth. Here you go:
RawGuru’s fave cookie dough recipe
1 1/2 cup cashews or almonds (soaked, then dehydrated) and ground to a flour (I used half cashews and half almond pulp)
5 tbs. coconut butter
2 tbs. agave nectar or 7-10 dates
1/2 vanilla bean (seeds only) or 1/2 tsp. extract
Pinch of celtic sea salt
1-2 pinches cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
coconut water to make it moist
In a blender or food processor, process till it comes together and forms a dough, add more coconut water if it is too dry or more almond flour to make it more doughy. Then shape into cookie shapes and dehydrate at 105 degrees for 10 hrs or until nice and chewy.
YUMMY!
The second batch was a recipe that Renaissance posted:
2 cups almond paste
2-3 cups of coconut-rehydrated in maple syrup and water (I didn't rehydrate)
about 1.5-2 cups coarsely ground pecans
zest and juice of one naval orange
a bit of celtic sea salt
maple syrup to taste
3-4 TBSP of macadamia nut butter (I used almond butter instead)
1 tsp. vanilla
I just mixed things and sampled it until it tasted good then let it sit a while so the flavors would mix... then I made thin (about .25 in) cookies on the teflex sheets pressing ground pecan into the tops...dehydrated at 110 for 24 hours...flipping after dry enough.
They are awesome and crumbly buttery...like pecan sandies with a hint of orange to brighten them up and give them a cleaner taste.
They are a little lacey and delicate...They would be yummy with banana ice cream.
Carmella's note:
She wasn't kidding when she was describing their taste! They are truly delicate and the orange and pecan flavors are awesome. Yum!
My 3rd batch was a little experiment. I thought that Renaissance's cookies might not hold so well together as the dough seemed a bit dry so I added a mashed banana to half of it. They are OK but nowhere as good as the original version.
Enjoy!
Carmella
Wow! Our favorite is actually the simplest. The flavor is so subtle and it melts in your mouth. Here you go:
RawGuru’s fave cookie dough recipe
1 1/2 cup cashews or almonds (soaked, then dehydrated) and ground to a flour (I used half cashews and half almond pulp)
5 tbs. coconut butter
2 tbs. agave nectar or 7-10 dates
1/2 vanilla bean (seeds only) or 1/2 tsp. extract
Pinch of celtic sea salt
1-2 pinches cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
coconut water to make it moist
In a blender or food processor, process till it comes together and forms a dough, add more coconut water if it is too dry or more almond flour to make it more doughy. Then shape into cookie shapes and dehydrate at 105 degrees for 10 hrs or until nice and chewy.
YUMMY!
The second batch was a recipe that Renaissance posted:
2 cups almond paste
2-3 cups of coconut-rehydrated in maple syrup and water (I didn't rehydrate)
about 1.5-2 cups coarsely ground pecans
zest and juice of one naval orange
a bit of celtic sea salt
maple syrup to taste
3-4 TBSP of macadamia nut butter (I used almond butter instead)
1 tsp. vanilla
I just mixed things and sampled it until it tasted good then let it sit a while so the flavors would mix... then I made thin (about .25 in) cookies on the teflex sheets pressing ground pecan into the tops...dehydrated at 110 for 24 hours...flipping after dry enough.
They are awesome and crumbly buttery...like pecan sandies with a hint of orange to brighten them up and give them a cleaner taste.
They are a little lacey and delicate...They would be yummy with banana ice cream.
Carmella's note:
She wasn't kidding when she was describing their taste! They are truly delicate and the orange and pecan flavors are awesome. Yum!
My 3rd batch was a little experiment. I thought that Renaissance's cookies might not hold so well together as the dough seemed a bit dry so I added a mashed banana to half of it. They are OK but nowhere as good as the original version.
Enjoy!
Carmella