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Carob chip oatmeal cookies

variation: If making gluten free muffins add ½ teaspoon of xanthan gum. Add a pecan half to the top of each cookie. Replace honey with 1/3 cup (103 g/3½ oz) xylitol for a lower GI cookie.

½ cupoat flour
½ cupspelt or plain flour
½ cuprolled oats
1 Tbsptahini or nut butter (opt)
¼ cupcold pressed virgin olive oil
¼ cupraw honey
¼ cuplow-fat milk or soy milk
½ cupcarob chips
2 Tbspalmond flakes
  • Preheat oven to 180*C (350*F/Gas 4). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • In a bowl add all dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
  • You can make your own oat flour by processing rolled oats in a blender.
  • In another bowl add all liquid ingredients and whisk until well combined.
  • Pour liquid into dry mixture and combine.
  • Gently fold in carob chips and almond flakes.
  • You can place larger carob buds in a plastic bag and crush into smaller chips with a rolling pin.
  • Use 1 tablespoon of mixture for each cookie and place them on baking tray.
  • Press the top of each cookie down with the back of a fork then bake for 15-20 minutes.
  • If cookies are becoming too brown cover with foil.

Apricot oat cookies

variation: If making gluten free muffins add ½ teaspoon of xanthan gum. Replace honey with ¾ cup xylitol for a lower GI biscuit.

1 cupwholemeal flour
2 cupsrolled oats
1/3 cupdesiccated coconut
1 tspcinnamon
½ cupraw honey
½ cupcold pressed virgin olive oil
½ cupmashed banana (1 medium banana)
½ cuplow-fat milk or soy milk
½ cupsun-dried apricots, small dices
¼ cupalmond flakes
  • Preheat oven to 180*C (350*F/Gas 4). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • In a bowl add all dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
  • In another bowl add mashed banana and all liquid ingredients, whisk until well combined.
  • Pour liquid into dry mixture and combine.
  • Gently fold in apricots and almond flakes.
  • Use 2 tablespoons of mixture for each cookie and place them on baking tray.
  • Press cookies flat with the back of a fork and pat them around the edges to make perfectly round cookies. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • For crunchy cookies leave in for the full 25 minutes.
  • If cookies become too brown, cover with foil.
  • Makes 18 medium sized cookies.

Cherry Carob Brownies

4 Tbspcold pressed virgin olive oil
2/3 cupraw honey
½ cupcold water
1 tspvanilla
1 cupwholemeal self raising flour
3 Tbspcarob powder
3 Tbspcrushed walnuts
½ cupcarob chips
¾ cupfresh diced cherries
  • Preheat oven to 180*C. Lightly oil a lamington tray and cover with baking paper.
  • Wash and cut cherries into small pieces, take out the seeds.
  • Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
  • Pour into tray and bake for 20 min.
  • Test if knife comes out clean its ready.

Apple & Zucchini Carrot Cake

½ cupcold pressed virgin olive oil
1/3 cup raw honey
3eggs
1 cupgrated carrot
1 cupgrated apple
1 cupgrated zucchini
½ cupchopped pecans
2 ½ cupbrown rice flour or spelt, oat or wholemeal flour
2 tspbaking powder
1 tspcinnamon
  • Preheat oven to 170*C. Lightly oil a loaf tin and line with baking powder.
  • In a bowl, beat together oil, honey, and egg yolks until creamy.
  • Gently stir in carrot, zucchini, apple and pecans.
  • Fold in flour, baking powder and cinnamon.
  • In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cake mix.
  • Pour mixture into tin and bake for 50-60 min. Cover with foil if getting too brown after 40min.

Linseed Banana Muffins

2 cupwholemeal or spelt flour
2 tspbaking powder
¼ cupground hazelnuts
1-2 Tbsplinseeds
2ripe bananas, mashed
1egg
1 tspvanilla essence
3 Tbspcold pressed extra virgin olive oil
½ cupraw honey
200 gnatural yoghurt
  • Preheat oven to 180*C. Lightly oil a 12 cup muffin tray.
  • Combine flour, baking powder and hazelnuts in a bowl.
  • Mix banana, honey, Perfect sweet, oil, egg and yoghurt into a separate bowl.
  • Then stir into flour mix, till combined.
  • Place mixture into muffin tray and bake for 40-45 min, until golden brown.
  • Muffins freeze well.

Apple & Blueberry Muffins

1 cupwholemeal flour
1 cupwholemeal spelt or rice flour
2 tspbaking powder
½ cupslivered almonds
Pinchsea salt
½ cupfresh or frozen blueberries
½ cupgrated apple
2eggs
1 cupsoy or rice milk
¼ cupcold pressed virgin olive oil
  • Preheat oven to 180*C.
  • Lightly oil a 12 cup muffin tray.
  • Combine flours, baking powder, almonds, sea salt into a bowl.
  • Process milk, eggs, and oil together.
  • Then add to flour mix.
  • Add blueberries and apple and mix gently.
  • Place heaped tablespoons of mixture into muffin cups and bake for 18-20 min, until golden brown (and until inserted squewers comes out cleanly).

Spicy Pumpkin muffins

1/3 cupcold pressed virgin olive oil
1 ½ cupchopped fresh pumpkin
2eggs
1/3 cupraw honey
¾ cupsoy milk
1 ½ cupwholemeal flour
1 cupground pumpkin seeds
1 tspcinnamon
1 tspground coriander
2 tspbaking powder
pumpkin seeds to garnish
  • Preheat oven 180*C, grease and flour 4 muffin pans.
  • Process oil, pumpkin, eggs, honey and milk until creamy and smooth.
  • Sift dry ingredients together.
  • Add oil mixture to flour mixture, stir until well combined.
  • Pour into tins.
  • Top with pumpkin seeds.
  • Bake for 20-25min.
  • Can brush with honey when out of oven for a glazed effect.

Crunchy Oatmeal Cookies

3 cuprolled oats
2 cupboiling fruit juice
½ cuprice flour
½ cupwhole wheat pastry flour or brown rice flour
½ cupchopped almonds
1 Tbspcold pressed virgin olive oil
½ tspsea salt
1 tspcinnamon
1 tspvanilla or almond extract
½ cupraisins and diced dried apricots or carob buds (opt)
  • Dry toast oat flakes till golden
  • Pour into a mixing bowl and pour over boiling hot juice, let stand for 5-10 min.
  • Mix with remaining ingredients
  • Drop tablespoons of dough onto a preheated oiled cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350*C for 12-20 min.
  • Makes 3 dozen.





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