My friend Britney and I usually have this 3 o'clock snack craving everyday. Not sure why that is but, its there. Does anyone else have that problem? Maybe we just love food. But because of that, we are constantly trying to find healthy snacks to keep handy for those occassions. I LOVE this recipe. The flavors of the sweet cacao nibs with the cranberries and nuts is just divine. I shared these with my friend Alicia at work and she loved it! I have a few taste testers close by and she is one of them. Thanks Alicia for being a guinea pig for my new recipes! (And thank you Sydney, Kelsey, Jackie and James for being my other taste testers! ~They live around the corner from me.)
We are all about ridiculously simple recipes here. We may create a few, slightly more intese recipes, but overall we are all about simplicity and ease. This recipe only took a few minutes, literally. I hope you like it as much as I did. Here it is...
RAW CRANBERRY + SWEET CACAO NIB ICE BOX COOKIES
1 cup raw cashews1/2 cup raw almonds
1 cup dates
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
2 tablespoons maple syrup or agave
1/4 cup sweet cacao nibs
1/4 cup dried cranberries chopped small
Process the nuts in your food processor until finely chopped. Add in the dates and process until the ingredients are mixed well and it starts to get moist from the dates. Add in the vanilla and maple syrup or agave and process to combine. Pour all the ingredients into a bowl and fold in the nibs and cranberries. Mix with your hands until combined. Shape the dough into 1-1/2" diameter cookie dough logs and wrap with parchment and saran wrap, then put it in the freezer for 1 hour. Finally, remove the saran wrap and cut the logs into half inch cookie dough rounds.
Makes about 2 dozen.
Enjoy!!
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2 comments:
Why aren't raw vegans smart enough to understand that dates are extremely high in sugar , you might as well stuff your face with cake if you are adding a whole cup of them. Geez read the nutritional value label once in a whole.Protein is essential for rain function, just goes to show.
These look delicious and I will certainly try them. To the previous reviewer, I'd have thought someone so rude would at least gloss the insult by spelling it correctly!
The inclusion of dates would be particularly good for a post work-out snack.
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