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Yes, that's a mouthful, I know. Maple Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Cookies. But it's a delicious mouthful... ! Seriously though. I couldn't resist leaving out any of those delicious ingredients from the title. And that title in itself was hard enough to narrow down! There's still some other yumminess I left out of the title. Gluten-free and tasty. Eat as many as ya like! Maple Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Cookies
Total Time: 5 min prep + 14 min baking Ingredients: 2/3 cup sunflower seed butter 2/3 cup maple syrup 3 tbsp melted coconut oil 1 flax egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup oat flour (process oats in a food processor for a few seconds!) 1 1/2 cups oats Handful Walnuts Handful Dried Blueberries What to do: 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper. 2) Process 1 cup oats in food processor to turn into a 'flour'. Remove from food processor and set aside. 3) Using a food processor or mixer, combine sunflower seed butter and maple syrup. Add coconut oil and then flax egg until combined. Then vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and oat flour. Mix thoroughly until smooth and sticky. 4) Switch to using a large spoon and add oats, walnuts, and dried blueberries. Stir to combine. 5) Spoon onto lined/greased cookie sheet about an inch apart from each other. Bake on middle rack for 12-14 minutes, until crisping up just on the edges. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack. Eat 'em up or freeze them. They are delicious straight out the freezer, too! :) Giving food a label or category has, I fear, made so many of us afraid to try things that are totally delicious and a lot easier to make. A LOT easier. Purely because the ingredients are simple and from the earth, they don't need much special treatment. These bars are vegan, but, well everything on this site is. So, label it vegan or just darn delicious and easy. If you haven't tried making homemade granola bars before (don't worry, you're not alone, but seriously, join the fun, it's easy and SO MUCH BETTER FOR YOU than those packaged ones) I'd recommend starting with these ones. Sweetener, Nut/Seed Butter, Oats. That's it. *Chocolate topped bars: Yes, you read me correctly. Chocolate topped!! They were so good that I didn't have time to grab a pic. Just make the recipe below as per usual. Then mix up a quick batch of my easy peasy chocolate ganache sauce to pour overtop and then freeze. I mean HELLO amazing. Easy Chewy Granola Bars
2 cups oats (or 1 cup oats and 1 cup mixture of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, etc.) 1/3 cup peanut butter (or any nut or seed butter - recommend Sunflower Seed Butter for nut-free!) 1/3 cup maple syrup sprinkle of sea salt What do do: 1) Mix all your dry oats and nuts and things together in a bowl and set aside. 2) In a small saucepan, heat maple syrup over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Stir often! Let it boil for 1 minute then remove from heat. Add peanut butter and sea salt. Stir to evenly combine. 3) Add maple peanut butter mixture to your oat mixture. Stir well and fast before it cools too much, ensuring it is evenly combined. 4) Line a square pan with parchment paper. Pour and flatten your granola mixture into the pan until it is flat and ready to harden. Refrigerate for 30 minutes and then slice it up to enjoy! Should keep in the fridge for a while. Keeps on the counter in an airtight container for about a week or so... but honestly, I don't really know, they are gone before we reach this amount of time.. :) I need to be honest. I'm just a home cook, posting meals I make at home online, for whoever to read. Everything I know, or seem to know, I've learned myself. I ask questions when I'm around good cooks. I watch a lot of cooking shows. I read a lot of cookbooks. I pay attention to how things are made. That's it. Nothing fancy. Sometimes I feel like an odd-ball, looking for ways to make everything myself instead of buying it already made. Even if it means screwing up a bunch of batches before figuring it out. Essentially spending a ridiculous amount of time in the kitchen and, in some cases, spending more money learning how to do it than it would have cost to just buy the package. But I love it. And it does pay off. Years ago, I had no idea what Baba Ghanoush was. And then, I thought you could only buy it in stores, never make it at home. I've thought that with many things. Here's another one of those things, where yes, I spent more money and time figuring out how to make it than it would have cost me to buy it in the store. But hey - I controlled the ingredients, I learned something new, I could easily replicate it again and again, and the best part, I found a use for eggplant that most people enjoy. :) Baba Ghanoush:
Ingredients: 2 medium Eggplants 1/4 cup tahini (Sesame seed butter) 3 cloves garlic Juice of half lime 1 tbsp olive oil pinch sea salt/pepper What to do: 1) Preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit. Cut the eggplants in half from top to bottom. Poke the skin a few times with a fork and then place them, skin side up, on a large baking sheet/pan. Drizzle a very small amount of oil over the skins and rub over the tops. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the skins blacken and deflate, and flesh is really soft. 2) Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Remove the skin by scraping out the flesh into a food processor. 3) Add all other ingredients to the food processor and blend away! Pulse until combined and smooth. Taste test and add more salt, or perhaps even a bit of cumin, if needed/wanted more spice. 4) Scoop into a container and drizzle a bit of oil on top. Cover and refrigerator. For best tasting baba ghanoush, let sit in the refrigerator about 3 hours before serving to let the flavours mix well! Enjoy with pita or crusty bread, fresh veggies, whatever. Yum! |
All Vegan, Refined-Sugar-free, Soy-free. A sprinkling of Gluten-free. And a pic of my babies, when they were babies. :)
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