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Coconut Love Bombs

This is my new favorite sweet treat.  It's just five organic ingredients and is super simple to put together.  This raw, vegan treat is packed with lots of energy from coconut oil and shredded coconut.  You can sweetened this recipe with raw honey, maple syrup or even vanilla stevia for a sugar free version.  I added in some other variations at the end.  I'm sure there are even more to try.  Recipe can be halved or doubled.  So get going and make some Coconut Love Bombs to share with the ones you love!

Ingredients for 32:

  • 1 Cup Coconut oil - room temperature works best, it should be a little soft, like cream cheese and easy to blend.  Liquid oil needs to be cooled in order to work well in this recipe.
  • 1 1/2 Cups Unsweetened Coconut flakes
  • 6 Tablespoons Honey or a few drops of Vanilla Stevia
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract (If not using vanilla Stevia)

Method:

  1. Mix everything together well.  
  2. Use a 1 Tablespoon scoop to shape the dough into little half moons.
  3. Place on a baking sheet and freeze for about 30 minutes. 
  4. Keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator and serve cold.

Variations:

Substitute 1/2 cup of coconut oil for 1/3-1/2 cup peanut butter or coconut manna.  I used Peanut butter and they came out better than Butterfingers!

Substitute the honey with 4 tablespoons maple syrup or agave.

Add 1 teaspoon Chai spices to the original recipe

After freezing, dip in melted chocolate, freeze again til the chocolate coating is set.

The original recipe sounds good too, I found it on the side of my Nutiva Coconut Oil container:

 

 

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Buttermilk Biscuits

Comfort foods can be healthy foods: These grain free buttermilk biscuits will leave you feeling full without the sugar crash or carbohydrate cravings from traditional wheat biscuits.   Wheat is a common allergen and with Spring on its way now is a great time to try cutting wheat from your diet:  Some people report dramatically lowered seasonal allergy symptoms from eliminating wheat.  High quality eggs, buttermilk and butter or coconut oil make these a great source of brain food and lasting energy-perfect for an afternoon snack!  The flours, flax and buttermilk are available locally at Berkshire Organics, Guido's and the Berkshire Coop Market.  These are perfect for brunch: as a base for Eggs Benedict or topped with Fire Cider Chutney.  Oh, and how about biscuits and gravy? Yum!  Set your oven to 425 and get baking! First, mix together your dry ingredients, making sure to break up any lumps.
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine grain salt
  • 2 Tablespoons almond flour- Bob's Red Mill makes a superior almond flour.
  • 2 Tablespoons finely ground flax
  • 3/4 cup coconut flour
Once your dry mix is thoroughly combined:
  • add 6 Tablespoons (a heaping 1/3 cup) of cold coconut oil or cold, unsalted pasture butter, broken up into small chunks.
Cut the fat into the dry mix using a pastry cutter until you get a pea sized meal.  Stop combining before it starts to clump together into a ball. [caption id="attachment_522" align="aligncenter" width="538"]Crumbly flour and butter mixture. Crumbly flour and butter mixture.[/caption] Combine in a separate bowl: Whip the egg into the buttermilk. [caption id="attachment_523" align="aligncenter" width="538"]Evan's Cultured Buttermilk is great to bake with. Evan's Cultured Buttermilk is great to bake with.[/caption] Pour the wet mixture into the dry and fold to combine. buttermilk biscuits batter The batter will be very wet, but as it sits for a few minutes the coconut flour will fully absorb the excess liquid. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop out biscuits, I have used 1/4 cup measure as well as an ice cream scoop.  Make them as big - 8 biscuits or as small - 16 biscuits- as you like.  Use your hands to flatten them a bit into shape. Bake for 18-22 minutes- til browned and set.  They will be more fragile that regular grain biscuits so let them cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet first. Eat immediately or let cool completely and keep in an air tight container in the fridge. [caption id="attachment_525" align="aligncenter" width="538"]Warm buttermilk biscuits topped with creme fraiche. Warm buttermilk biscuits topped with creme fraiche.[/caption]
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