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

Date Morgans

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Date Filling:

  • 2 cups chopped dates
  • 1 1/2 cup water
  1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan .Cover and let cook, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes. Or until mixture thickens.
Cookie:
  • 1/2 cup pecans
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 4 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup milk (Buttermilk can be used)
  • 2 sticks room temperature butter
  1. In food processor or blender chop pecans, rolled oats and sucanat till fine.
  2. Mix in salt and baking powder .
  3. Pour the the ingredients that are in the processor into a bowl and add flour. Cut in butter. Add milk.
  4. Grease 2 jelly roll pans . Roll the dough evenly into the pans.
  5. Bake at 350 for 21 minutes. Loosen from pans immediately after getting out of oven.
  6. Spread date mixture over one tray. Take the 2nd tray’s contents and place it on top of the date mixture.
  7. cut into squares.
  8. Makes 3 1/2 dozen 2 x 2 inch bars.

These bars are best warm.

Banana Coco-Nut Granola

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Ingredients:

  • 6 cups rolled oats
  • 1 cup unsweetened banana chips, chopped fine
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped almonds
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4 cup hulled sesame seeds
  • 1/4 cup wheat germ
  • 1 cup sucanat w/honey
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  1. Stir together oats, banana chips, coconut, almonds, pecans, sesame seeds and wheat germ.
  2. In a saucepan pour sucanat, water, honey, olive oil, vanilla and salt.
  3. Heat and stir till blended. Do not boil.
  4. Pour syrup over dry ingredients. Mix till blended.
  5. Spread into greased jelly roll pans.
  6. Bake at 300 for 30 minutes. After 15 minutes stir granola then place back in oven for15 more minutes.

Makes about 8 cups

Simple Seamless Baby Hats

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Here is another quick and easy pattern that is great for using up stash yarn. The pattern is the same for all sizes, you simply change your gauge to make sizes preemie, newborn, and baby. You can also knit these hats to go along with my other pattern Simple Seamless Baby Booties .

Skill Level: easy
Stitches Used: cast on, knit, k2t
Abbreviations: knit (k), knit two together (k2t), stitches (sts)
Sizes: preemie (newborn, baby), measures: 12″ (13″, 14″) circumference, and 5 1/2″ (6 1/2″ / 7″)  length without brim folded
Note: Make sure you check your gauge. The size of the hats are determined by the gauge you use.

Gauge:
preemie: 4 sts = 1″
newborn: 3 1/2 sts = 1″
baby: 3 sts = 1″

-Materials-

  • set of five double pointed knitting needles in size needed to obtain gauge . ( I used size 8 needles for  a preemie hat, size 9 needles for a newborn hat, and size 10 1/2 needles for a baby hat)
  • yarn suitable for gauge (I used about 34 yds of worsted weight yarn for a preemie hat, 40 yds of heavy worsted weight yarn for a newborn hat, and 47 yds of bulky weight yarn for a baby hat)

-Hat-

  • With needle size and yarn needed to obtain gauge, cast on 44 stitches. Divide stitches onto 4 double pointed needles. (11 sts per needle)

Rows 1-24: join in round, knit.  [the hat should measure  about 4 1/2″ (5 1/2″, 6 “) long]
Row 25: *k2, k2t,* repeat to end of round. (33 sts)
Row 26: knit.
Row 27: *k1, k2t,* repeat to end of round. (21 sts)
Row 28: knit.
Row 29: *k2t,* to end of round.  (11 sts)

  • Cut yarn, weave through remaining stitches 3 times, fasten off. Weave in ends. Fold up brim as desired.

Simple Seamless Baby Booties

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Break out the stash yarn! These booties are super quick to knit and great for using up small amounts of leftover yarn. The pattern is the same for all sizes, you simply change your gauge to make size preemie, newborn, and baby booties.

Skill Level: easy
Stitches Used: cast on, bind off, knit, purl, k2t, ssk, sssk, k3t, picking up sitches
Abbreviations: knit (k), purl (p), knit two together (k2t), slip slip knit (ssk), slip slip slip knit (sssk), stitches (sts)
Sizes: preemie (newborn, and baby), measures 3″ (3 1/2″, 4″) long
Note:  Make sure you check your gauge. The size of the booties is determined by the gauge you use.

Gauge:
preemie: 4 stitches = 1″
newborn: 3 1/2 stitches = 1″
baby: 3 stitches = 1″

-Materials-

  • set of five double pointed knitting needles in size needed to obtain gauge . ( I used size 8 needles for  preemie booties, size 9 needles for newborn booties, and size 10 1/2 needles for baby booties)
  • yarn suitable for gauge (I used about 26 yds of worsted weight yarn for a pair of preemie booties, 28 yds of heavy worsted weight yarn for a pair of newborn booties, and 32  yds of bulky weight yarn for a pair of baby booties)
  • yarn needle

-Booties- (make 2)

  • With needle size and yarn needed to obtain gauge, cast on 5 sts.

Rows 1-18: knit (9 ridges). (see diagram #1 below)

  • With needle #2: pick up and knit 9 sts along the  left edge of the garter stitch strip. (see diagram #2 below)
    With needle #3: pick up and knit 5 sts along the bottom. (see diagram #3 below)
    With needle #4: pick up and knit 9 sts along the right edge. (total of 28 stitches on needles)  (see diagram #4 below)

Rows 1-4: join in round, knit.
(directions are given for each needle on rows 5-7)
Row 5:
Needle #1: knit 5.
Needle #2: knit till there are 2 sts left on the needle, slip these last 2 sts onto needle #3.
Needle #3: sssk, k3, (1 un-worked st left on needle #3) slip 2 sts from needle #4 onto needle #3 ( 3 un-worked sts left on needle #3) k3t.
Needle #4: knit to end of needle. (total of 24 sts on needles)
Row 6: Same as Row 5. (total of 20 sts on needles)
Row 7:
Needle #1: ssk, k1, k2t.  (Note: for a wider leg opening skip the decreases on this needle and simply knit 5.)
Needle #2: knit till there are 2 sts left on the needle, slip these last 2 sts onto needle #3. (3 sts)
Needle #3:  sssk, k3, (1 un-worked st left on needle #3) slip 2 sts from needle #4 onto needle #3 ( 3 un-worked sts left on needle #3) k3t. (5 sts)
Needle #4: knit to end of needle. (total of 14 sts on needles)
Row 8: knit.
Rows 9-11: k1, p1, ribbing. (Note: to make the leg opening larger, don’t work the k1, p1, ribbing and just do garter stitch in the round for rows 9-16)
Rows 12-16: knit (or work any stitch pattern desired).

  • Bind off loosely and weave in ends. Fold cuff over and sew in place if desired.