All-day Long Oatmeal Bites
Mon, Apr 1 2013 06:18
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I have been making these oatmeal bites so frequently over the last couple of weeks...but they are always eaten before I take their photograph, so I haven't blogged about them before today!
Anyhow - they are my current favorite bite. You can eat them any time of the day - from breakfast through to a snack to a dessert after dinner. I love them. They were inspired by Chocolate Covered Katie's recipe. They are sooooo tasty. I made them for our choir retreat and got lots of comments, and everytime someone tastes them, they want the recipe. They are perfect for a breakfast on the go - or even a dinner on the go, as I've taken a couple to the city with me in the evening, to keep me going!
Anyhow, here is the recipe:
Scant 1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
1/2 cup cashew nut butter (I use Artisana brand)
1 cup gluten free rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Pinch of cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit
Preheat the oven to 350F
1. Mash the applesauce with the cashew butter in a bowl until combined.
2. Add all the other ingredients and stir well.
3. Use a small cookie scoop to shape approx 15 cookies on a lined baking sheet.
4. Bake for 14 minutes, until the base is brown.
Anyhow - they are my current favorite bite. You can eat them any time of the day - from breakfast through to a snack to a dessert after dinner. I love them. They were inspired by Chocolate Covered Katie's recipe. They are sooooo tasty. I made them for our choir retreat and got lots of comments, and everytime someone tastes them, they want the recipe. They are perfect for a breakfast on the go - or even a dinner on the go, as I've taken a couple to the city with me in the evening, to keep me going!
Anyhow, here is the recipe:
Scant 1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce1/2 cup cashew nut butter (I use Artisana brand)
1 cup gluten free rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Pinch of cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins or other dried fruit
Preheat the oven to 350F
1. Mash the applesauce with the cashew butter in a bowl until combined.
2. Add all the other ingredients and stir well.
3. Use a small cookie scoop to shape approx 15 cookies on a lined baking sheet.
4. Bake for 14 minutes, until the base is brown.
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Making hazelnut butter
Tue, Mar 12 2013 11:00
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I've mentioned before on this blog about how I love hazelnuts and as I was looking at some recipes, I came across one for hazelnut ice cream. One of the ingredients was hazelnut butter, but I've never seen that in the stores.
So a quick rummage through my fridge led me to a small handful of hazelnuts. There were probably only about 20 or so left, but they were tasty. I thought I'd give them a whizz and make my own hazelnut butter - not enough for ice cream, but just a test to see how it would work.
I used my immersion blender fixed onto it's dry food grinder. The dry food grinder makes it really into a tiny food processor.
It blended those hazelnuts brilliantly - and quickly! Yes, no other ingredients - just handful of hazelnuts and switch on the machine. Yummy, creamy hazelnut butter in about a minute...now I just need to buy more hazelnuts and make some more and then make the ice cream!
I wonder what nut butter I should try next.... I've done almond, cashew and now hazelnut...maybe some green pistachio for St Patricks Day???? What is your favorite nut butter?
(PS I HATE peanut butter! Ugh, even the smell is ghastly!)
So a quick rummage through my fridge led me to a small handful of hazelnuts. There were probably only about 20 or so left, but they were tasty. I thought I'd give them a whizz and make my own hazelnut butter - not enough for ice cream, but just a test to see how it would work.
I used my immersion blender fixed onto it's dry food grinder. The dry food grinder makes it really into a tiny food processor.
It blended those hazelnuts brilliantly - and quickly! Yes, no other ingredients - just handful of hazelnuts and switch on the machine. Yummy, creamy hazelnut butter in about a minute...now I just need to buy more hazelnuts and make some more and then make the ice cream!
I wonder what nut butter I should try next.... I've done almond, cashew and now hazelnut...maybe some green pistachio for St Patricks Day???? What is your favorite nut butter?
(PS I HATE peanut butter! Ugh, even the smell is ghastly!)