Chocolate & almond butter cookies

October 28, 2015

I made these after attending Kelly Gibney's wholefood cooking class from Bonnie Delicious. It was lovely to meet her and see her prepare several recipes. She made sauerkraut and almond butter look easy so I tried them myself and they worked! You can use different nuts or dried fruit in these cookies and their cute size are perfect for little hands.

3/4 c dried dates soaked for 10 min in hot water and drained
1 c desiccated coconut
1/2 c almond butter (homemade in 5 min in the Omniblend!)
1/2 c walnuts (I used cashews)
1/4 c cocoa or cacao powder
3 Tbs water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch sea salt
Preheat oven to 160C. Place dates and coconut in a food processor and blitz until a rough puree. Add remaining ingreds and process until well combined. Roll teaspoons of dough into balls and black onto a lined baking sheet. Flatten each ball with your thumb slightly. Bake for 12-15 min until golden and cooked through. Will store in the fridge for up to 4 days. Easy peasy. Dough is fine to eat raw too if you have a little one that wants to 'help' make the cookies.


 

Double chocolate chip cookies

September 16, 2015

This is adapted from I Quit Sugar. She uses buckwheat flour but I just used a gluten-free mix and added cocoa as well for double the fun!

1 1/2 c flour (I used a gluten-free mix)
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbs cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
125g softened butter
1/2 c rice malt syrup
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence or powder
100g dark chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used 72% Whitaker's Dark Ghana)

Preheat oven to 160C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa and s...


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Rye soda bread

September 11, 2015

This is from Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Every Day. I didn't have buttermilk so I used yoghurt. This is a very quick loaf because there's no yeast.
2 1/3 c rye flour
1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
1 3/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 c buttermilk, plus more for brushing

Preheat oven to 205C and put oven rack in middle of the oven. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl, make a well in the middle and pour in buttermilk. Mix until it just comes together in a dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead ...
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Rosewater almond cake

September 10, 2015

This recipe is a combination of Petite Kitchen's almond cake and Bonnie Delicious's cream cheese icing, free of gluten and sugar, which I made for Father's Day. I'm very excited to be attending a wholefood cooking class by Kelly Gibney from Bonnie Delicious on Sep 17 in Auckland.

2 c almond meal
3 eggs
4 Tbs sweetener (I used rice malt syrup)
1/3 c coconut oil
2 Tbs lemon zest
2 Tbs rosewater
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

icing:
250 g cream cheese
seeds 1 vanilla pod
juice 1 lemon
50g butter
1 T...


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Apricot clafoutis

September 1, 2015


We've made nectarine and feijoa clafoutis on Bake Club but this one is gluten and sugar free, however, you can add whatever flour or sweetener you like.

Fresh or canned apricots, drained
1/2 c milk (I used almond)
1 egg
3 Tbs rice malt syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 Tbs flour (I used spelt)
flaked almonds

Cashew cream:
1 1/2 c cashews soaked in filtered water for at least an hour
3/4 c filtered water
juice of a lemon
1 Tbs rice malt syrup
pinch salt

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Spelt and rye spiced biscuits

August 30, 2015

This is a European Christmassy recipe from Pease Pudding. The thinner you can roll the dough the better I think. Makes an excellent dunking biscuit. The rye and cardamom add a nice crunchy nutty bite. If you like spicy cookies, check out John's speculaas and Ginny's ninjabread men.
Makes 24-30
150g butter
100g brown sugar
200g spelt flour
100g rye
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
2 Tbs water
nuts to garnish such as pine nuts or slivered almonds
Prehe...
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Chocolate beetroot cake

August 30, 2015

This recipe is a lot easier than Nigel Slater's one that Ginny made, even though it's probably not as decadent. But I added jam and cream for a special birthday treat. I like that the beetroot is added in raw, you don't have to precook.
This is adapted from the NZ Woman's Weekly.

1 c brown or muscovado sugar
1 1/2 c vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 c 5flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 c cocoa
1 tsp salt
2 c raw beetroot, peeled and grated
Ganache: 
melt 125g dark chocolate, 1 tb...
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Apple & rhubarb crumble

August 18, 2015

This recipe combines Heidi Swanson's tutti-frutti crumble topping with an apple/rhubarb base, but you can use any kind of fruit or berries you have on hand. Freezing the topping helps to make chunky crunchy bits in the crumble, which go so well with the soft fruit.

3/4 c flour
1/2 c rolled oats
2 Tbs poppy seeds
1/2 c brown sugar
1/4 c desiccated coconut
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 c / 70g melted butter

4 green apples, peeled, cored and chopped
3 sticks rhubarb, chopped
2 Tbs rice malt syrup
juice and ze...


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Perfect ginger crunch

August 12, 2015

I think I've nailed it with this version of ginger crunch. It's a winning combination of Mama Chan's recipe and Al Brown's mother's recipe. My secret ingredient is buckinis! I made my own by sprouting buckwheat groats then dehydrating overnight until they were dry. They definitely add a special 'crunch' to ginger crunch.

115g butter
1/3 c sugar
1 1/4 c flour (I use spelt)
2 Tbs semolina
1/2 c buckinis
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger

Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 30x20cm slice tin.
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Nutty choc chip cookies

August 12, 2015

I adapted these beauties from I Quit Sugar. I added a bit more quantity of chia seeds and an egg at the end to help bind it all together as the mixture seemed very crumbly. Result: perfectly crunchy and healthy bikkies!

1 1/2 c almond meal
1/2 c walnut meal (I used 1 c almond meal, 1 c spelt flour)
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground chia seeds
1/2 c ground cinnamon
pinch salt
3 1/2 Tbs coconut oil
1 1/2 Tbs rice malt syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c dark chocolate, at least 70% cocoa, chips or chopped
1/...
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