Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Cookie snacks

okay, so i know that thing one is only 8, but he's doing his best to eat us out of house and home already, i have a shining future of endless cooking in my sites! what i need is a bag of "boy food" that i can put in a free feeder in the corner, barring that invention i'm looking at making "cookie snacks" in varying flavors so that he can grab one on his own whenever he's so hungry he's threatening to eat his shoes. again. the basic recipe i'm working with at the moment is as follows: (i'm also going to try to make this blog a bit more usable as a recipe repository, stick with me) pre heat oven to 350 degrees 

ingredients:
1 cup whole, raw almonds
2 medium carrots chopped
1 tbs whole golden flax
2 ripe bananas
1/4 cup oil (canola, olive, or softened coconut)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1 tbs vanilla

1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbs baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
1 cup all purpose flour (or all purpose gluten free flour, not baking mix though)

1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup craisins
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

1 rounded cup old fashioned oats. 

in a food processor grind almonds, carrots, and flax until mealy, add bananas and process until combined. scrape into a mixer bowl. this part is important, add the oil first, because after you measure the oil in a standard dry measure cup and pour it in when you measure and pour in the honey and molasses they slide right out instead of sticking, then add the vanilla. clever no? mix until combined and let rest while in a separate bowl you mix the baking powder, soda, salt, spices, and flour together. add the four to the mixer and incorporate completely, then beat in the raisins and craisins (or what ever dried fruit you prefer. add the oats last, and when they are completely mixed in use a spatula to fold in the chocolate chips. 

spoon slightly rounded table spoons of batter on to LIGHTLY greased cookie sheets and bake for 13 minutes. 

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