I told the kids we were going to make cookies, and they went upstairs to get their aprons and chef hats. The boys came down in their sailor hats. Sissy had my old Martha Washington cap(from my 6th grade Constitution play). They said they couldn't find the others', but they didn't seem to care at all. Tornado and Sissy had their Lowe's Build and Grow aprons. At least, Dash had his actual cooking apron (from his swap partner - thanks, Kaden!). We had two cooking stations going on, for two different kinds of cookies.
We made these "Quick and Easy Tastes Like PB Cookies" I saw on Rawdorable's blog, a new place I've discovered. Here is the recipe. It's basically just almond butter (we had to throw in a little cashew butter because we didn't have enough almond), nuts, flax, and agave. I'm telling you, my kids gobbled these up as quickly as they would any cookie with sugar and margarine. Daddy loved them, too (although I had to finally hide some away for him before the little cookie monsters ate them all). He said these were his ideal kind of dessert.
I had to use my tiny food processor to make the "flour" because I was already using my other one. Next time, I will try to pulverize the nuts even more. I am definitely going to be trying out more of Rawdorable's cookie ideas. Look at these fun Play-Dough cookies. This is a different post about how she made them.I got this idea from Chocolate-Covered Katie, a very fun blog. You can check out her recipe she created; it's just walnuts, dates, vanilla, and cocoa powder. Look, chocolate is very important to me, and I'm not usually quite so satisfied by any raw type of dessert. However, this tastes GOOD (although I only ate a couple myself - "I" don't need as much "healthy fat" as the kids do). And you don't even have to cook them.
Dates are seriously amazing. I only started using them this past year. Before that...they FREAKED me out. I thought they looked like little roaches or something. It was Ryan always telling me how good they are - and reading about all of these healthy, raw recipes - that helped me get over it and try them. Now, I don't think they're "freaky" at all. They sweeten your recipe without sugar and help it all stick together.
We shaped them like cookies because I thought it might entice the kids more to call them "cookies." We barely had any dough left, by the time it came to shape them. I definitely need to tripe/quadruple this recipe, too.
Dash said, "Mine don't look as good as yours!"
"That's okay!"
Or how about a little Fudge Baby Sandwich?
This is one of the cookbooks I use the very most.
7 comments:
I love seeing them and watching them grow! M still loves Sissy's book!
Glad to see the sailor hats are being put to good use...
Oh my goodness, your kids are ADORABLE!! Seriously.
And the fudge baby sandwiches sound amazing. What could be better than fudge? Well, peanut butter with fudge, duh. Why didn't I think of that? ;)
You're a genius! May I feature you and your photo (with a link to your blog, of course) in a future Fudge Baby feature post?
Thank you so much for such a fun post; you've made my day :)
Love,
Katie
Thanks so much for the shout out. You're children are adorable. Glad to hear they ate up the cookies :-)
You are making me hungry!! Wow, those look great, and the kids are super-cute!!!!
Raw cookies and vegan fondue! I gotta try both!!
Sooo nice!..cute photos!.. really your kids are ADORABLE!!..thanks for sharing.
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