Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Midnight Mocha Cookies

Here's Midnight Mocha "raw" food cookies from the great cookbook, "Practically Raw Desserts."

No, it's not pie, but it's still baking. (-;

Midnight Mocha Cookies, gluten-free, no added oil, grain-free.  I'm just showing the ingredients.  I know recipes aren't copyrighted, but I don't think it's fair to the author to print their hard-earned recipes...it's a great cookbook.  You should get it! (-:

Almond flour.



The coconut flour is on the left, almond flour on the right.  Just thought I'd show you the difference in color and texture.





 Doesn't the coconut palm sugar look like brown sugar?  It's finer and doesn't pack like the latter.





The coconut nectar looks like molasses, but is much light in taste.


I know this is almost a repeat photo, but I love that little drop falling down.


Coffee Extract.  I get both these extracts from Williams-Sonoma.  Oh, there was also brewed coffee in these, too.


 Pre-mixed.

Mixed.


Raw and perfectly delicious just like this.


Lining them up on a cookie sheet.


The finished product.


Blueberry Crumble Pie

Howdy!  It's been 12,000 years since I posted anything to Listen to Me Pie Lady!  I've been busy making art most of this year so my pie making has been waylaid.

Here's a pie I hadn't tried before from Epicurious, although I use my own pie crust recipe.  My neighbor Sue has a gallery in which I was the featured artist back in November (click here to see my artwork if you'd like (-;).  ANYWAY, here husband, John, helped me carry all my packed up crates and paintings out to his SUV and my car and drove them to my house.  I promised him a pie, he said blueberry thinking it was a little healthier than the bourbon pecan pie I had suggested, and I thought I'd do a little twistipoo to it with this crumble recipe.  It sure smelled good as I zipped to over to them. I just took it out of the oven and the cold air blew it's cinnamon and lemon scents back at me.  Here's a few pics of it going in and coming out.  Thanks again for the help, John!

Goin' in.


Comin' out.



I'll add some chocolate chip cookies I made earlier in the day, too: