Gingerbread cookies

[SmilingRawDancer]

I made this up yesterday, kind of on accident. But it's perfect.

Gingerbread Cookies

1 (orange) Acorn Squash
3 Medjool Dates, Pitted
Pumpkin Pie Spice, to taste
Agave to taste
Stevia to taste
Vanilla extract

I peeled and chopped the squash as small as I could, then process the squash through my vitamix (tried first in the FP, but to NO SUCCESS).
Once the squash is very finely ground/pureed, transfer to FP. Add dates, about a tsp (I just eyeballed) of vanilla extract, pumpkin pie spice to taste, agave to taste, and stevia if you so desire. I wanted to cut back on calories.
REMEMBER that dehydrated things concentrate in flavor, so watch how much spice/sweetener you use, because you don't want this too strong.
It should come to the consistancy of a loose dough. Spread on a teflex sheet to desired thickness (I didn't bother doing a loaf), and dehydrate for 3 hours at 115. Check it every now and then, and re-"spackle" the dough back together, as it cracks.
Flip, then dehydrate untill desired toughness.
I froze this in a ziplock that used to have bananas in it, so it has a slight banana flavor to it...but the texture is spot on and it's delicious!

[River Mom]

Good way to use a squash!!
Thanks for sharing....You should send a photo...
RM

[carolg]

I'm thinking of mailing some cookies to my friend in PA. I wonder how these would hold up after dehydrating and mailing??? I can see adding nuts in there too so I can get them out of my house as I am "very, very low cal on nuts" and to someone else who is sick and could use some homemade sweets this has to be the answer.

I don't have stevia so guess agave will have to do. Got plenty of squash but some reason not very sweet butternut or another kind that looks like colored small pumpkin but yellowish skin, speckled look.

Thanks for sharing.
carolg

[aililiu]

that sounds sooo good. im trying not to eat dates anymore (glycemic index)... mostly im staying away from all dried fruit, actually, it peaks me. but i guess theres no way around it in this recipe, eh? figs are lower sugar, i guess i could replace it, for a treat :)

[maraw]

I just worked out a recipe (very accidental) using bananas and nut pulp that turned out much like a gingerbread. It's going in the raw 2008 calendar in fact.

I'd love to try your recipe too. I haven't tried making anything raw using Acorn Squash yet. And I love the stuff too! Thanks for sharing!

[Essensual]

that sounds sooo good. im trying not to eat dates anymore (glycemic index)... mostly im staying away from all dried fruit, actually, it peaks me. but i guess theres no way around it in this recipe, eh? figs are lower sugar, i guess i could replace it, for a treat :)
I've read that if you mix a high G.I. food with a low G.I. food it has a balancing effect. Can anyone confirm this??

[aililiu]

essensual: yes thats true! sadly in this recipe theres nothing low gi to balance it, as squash is medium gi i think. cinnamon helps balance blood sugar, and theres a bit of that in pumpkin pie spice.
im not really eating nuts right now not because im against nuts! but because the ones i can get in stores are NOT raw, even if they say they are, i can FEEL it. maybe an added golden flax seed or hemp seed, and then figs instead of dates? this might work.

:)

[subbacultcha]

Oo sounds yum, I may have to try this using pumpkin instead since we have half of a big one that needs using.

[Essensual]

Oo sounds yum, I may have to try this using pumpkin instead since we have half of a big one that needs using.
We're a sweet potato family. Do you think it would work??

[subbacultcha]

Hmm not sure about sweet potato, since its not the same "family" of veg as pumpkin and squash... Having said that when raw it's similar in taste and texture so it might.. I imagine they might not hold together so well as sweet potato's less stringy.