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Monday, February 18, 2013

Grain Free Valentine Treats

It was fun to make two recipes that would ultimately end up as hearts for my loved ones.  The top heart in the photo is a graham cracker, which I have already posted the recipe for. The second one is a very yummy carrot raisin cookie that I LOVE!  The original recipe came from Bob's Red Mill but I feel that I have altered it enough to call it my own.

Carrot Raisin Cookies

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup organic amaranth flour
1 cup organic coconut flour
2/3 cup arrowroot starch
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup grated Carrot
2/3 cup Raisins

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet, set aside.

Combine all of the wet ingredients and set aside. In a separate bowl sift flours and dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. If needed, add a bit more water to batter in order to make it moist (coconut flour will absorb a lot of liquid during baking).  Fold in raisins and grated carrots.  Use either a mold (like the heart in photo) or scoop out mounds onto a cookie sheet and flatten slightly.
Bake 12-15 minutes, until cookies are lightly brown. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool.

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