Milk & Cookies

A serious favorite, right? An old standby. A comfort. Milk and cookies. These two foods are staples in our house, especially for my 4 year old. He is very particular about what he eats and loves to help make the cookies. My 1 year old also helped make the milk today! He loves to put one object into a container so I asked him to put the dates in the blender today and he did! Go baby Leo!

The cookies pictured here are actually my version of Alissa Cohen's almond butter cookies, made into the shape of mini scones. I loved going out for coffee with my parents when I lived at home, and my mom and I would often split a scone. So I had to find something to satisfy that craving. These scones or cookies are made from buckwheat and almond butter, both being a great source of calcium. We also use currants which have lots of iron! Perfect for my little growing boy.

How I made them:

1 C soaked and dehydrated buckwheat groats

1/2 C almond butter

1/2 C currants

couple pinches sea salt

several dashes cinnamon

1 tsp liquid vanilla

1/4-1/2 c sweetner (yacon, honey, agave)

1 T lucuma powder, optional

In a food processor, process the buckwheat and salt until well ground up. Add the almond butter, vanilla, lucuma, sweetner, and cinnamon and process until kind of doughy. Add the currants and let it get well mixed. Shape into cookies or scones and refrigerate. (You can use raisens here too, I just really love the currant flavor!) Enjoy on own, or add some yummy nut milk. :)

Our favorite Brazil Nut Milk:

4 C fresh spring water

1 C soaked brazil nuts (we soak overnight, but a couple hours is just fine too, as sometimes one cannot wait)

1/2 C pitted dates

couple pinches sea salt

Blend and strain. It's fun and yummy to add extras after straining, such as:

2 T coconut butter

vanilla

raw cacao powder

lucuma/maca powder

carob powder

Luc usually requests chocolate brazil milk so I add coconut butter, dash vanilla, 2T cacao powder, carob, lucuma, and 1/2 tsp maca powder.

My friend Nicole (a fantastic dessertress) came over today to make chocolates and we had an awesome time! We created two recipes from Sweet Gratitude, and I will post the pictures soon. Have fun creating!!

Mary