Recipes

Out of This World Cookies

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Ingredients:

  • 2 large bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup crushed, and drained pineapple
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  1. Blend bananas, eggs, vanilla, sucanat, honey, butter, and pineapple.
  2. Stir flour, coconut, salt, and baking soda.
  3. Add flour mixture to wet mixture and mix.
  4. Drop by heaping tablespoons on to a baking stone.
  5. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

– Makes over 6 dozen

Vanilla Coconut Granola

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Ingredients:

  • 6 cups rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
  • 1 cup chopped almonds
  • 1/3 cup wheat germ
  • 1 stick butter
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  1. Stir together oats, coconut, almonds and wheat germ.
  2. In a saucepan melt the butter.
  3. Add remaining ingredients to melted butter and stir on medium heat till blended.
  4. Add butter mixture to oat mixture and stir.
  5. Spread the granola evenly into paper lined cookie sheets.
  6. Bake at 300 for 28 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.

-Makes 10 cups

Basic Snack Bars

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Ingredients:

  • 1 stick room temperature butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 4 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  1. Blend butter, honey, sucanat and milk.
  2. In a separate bowl stir flour, soda and salt.
  3. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix.
  4. Roll half the dough out 1/4″ thick on a baking sheet.
  5. Spread half of one of the fillings below over the dough.
  6. Fold the dough in half over the filling, then cut it in half width wise. With your fingers seam the dough around the filling.
  7. Do the same to the other half of the dough.
  8. Bake at 350 for 13 minutes.
  9. Cut into 2×3 inch bars.

– Makes about 26 2×3 inch bars

Apple Cinnamon Filling:

  • 2 medium size red apples, peeled and diced
  • 2 Tablespoons sucanat w/honey
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  1. In a bowl stir sucanat, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  2. Add the diced apples and stir till they are evenly coated.

Date Filling:

  • 3 cups sliced dates

Banana Split Cookies

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Ingredients:

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 3 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 container black cherry jelly
  • chocolate chips
  1. Cream bananas, butter, honey and sucanat.
  2. In a separate bowl stir flour, salt and baking soda.
  3. Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and mix.
  4. Shape dough into balls. Press down the center of the balls with your finger. Fill the hole with cherry jelly. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips over each cookie.
  5. Bake at 350 for 18 minutes.

– Makes over 3 dozens cookies

Oat and Pecan Crackers

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 3/4 cup rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sucanat w/honey
  • 1/2 stick butter, cut into tablespoons.
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk (milk can be used)
  1. In a food processor chop pecans, oats, salt and sucanat.
  2. Pulse in butter. (about 10 pulses)
  3. Add flour.
  4. With motor running pour in buttermilk.
  5. Shape into a 1″ tall by 2″ wide log and wrap in plastic wrap.
  6. Place in refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 2 days.
  7. Cut into 1/4 inch slices. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until crispy.

Makes about 5 dozen

Pumpkin Cake

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk (Buttermilk can be used)
  • 3/4 cup sucanat w/molasses
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 3 eggs
  • 15 ounce can pumpkin
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  1. Mix together milk, sucanat, molasses and eggs.
  2. Add pumpkin.
  3. In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon.
  4. Add flour mixture to wet mixture and mix until blended.
  5. Spread into a greased 9×13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
  6. Cool, then frost with the following recipe or frosting of your choice.Garnish with pecans or walnuts.

Cream Cheese Icing:

  • 12 ounces cream cheese, brought to room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons honey granules
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  1. Mix together all ingredients.

Ice Box Cheese Crackers

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sucanat w/honey
  • 1/2 stick butter, cut into tablespoons.
  • 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/3 cup milk (or buttermilk)
  1. In a bowl stir flour, salt and sucanat.
  2. Cut in butter.
  3. Add cheese and mix.
  4. Blend in milk.
  5. Shape into a 1″ tall and 2 ” wide log and rap in plastic wrap.
  6. Store in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours or up to 2 days.
  7. Cut dough into 1/8 inch slices and place on a baking stone or cookie tray.
  8. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until sides are darkening.

Makes about 5 dozen

They can also be used as croûtons

Cocoa Bites

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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/3 cup cocoa
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup sucanat w/molasses
  • 3 Tablespoons molasses
  • 1 – 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  1. In a saucepan heat water and cocoa on medium heat until blended.
  2. Stir together olive oil, sucanat and molasses.
  3. Stir together flour, salt and baking soda.
  4. Add cocoa mixture to wet mixture and mix.
  5. Next add flour mixture. Add as much flour as needed to make a smooth and pliable dough.
  6. Roll dough on a greased work surface till it is about 1/8 inch thick.
  7. Cut with miniature cutters.
  8. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until crisp.

Makes 10 ounces

Apple Toaster Treats

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/3 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 sticks room temperature butter
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk ( Milk can be used )
  1. In a food processor or blender chop pecans, oats, sucanat, baking powder and salt till fine.
  2. In a separate bowl, stir together the oat mixture and the flour . Mix in butter.
  3. Add milk and roll out dough to about a 1/4 inch thickness.
  • 3-4 apples peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 2-3 Tablespoons sucanat w/honey
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  1. Stir together sucanat, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  2. Add apples and stir till coated.
  3. Spread apple mixture over half the dough.
  4. Place the other half of dough on top of the apple mixture.
  5. Cut into squares. Seam together sides.
  6. Place on greased cookie trays or pizza stones.
  7. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Makes about 3 1/2 dozen 2×2 inch squares

-Toast before serving

-You may store them in a freezer or refrigerator to keep freshness