These apple cookies are raw .. as in, not baked, but dehydrated. Not being heated to over 118d (which destroys many nutrients), these cookies are little powerhouses of flavor and good stuff for the body. But more importantly .. WOW .. do they taste good!
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Ingredients:
-2 lbs red apples, cored and peeled (5-6 apples, like fuji or gala; I used red delicious)
-1 cup agave nectar (I used honey)
-1 and 3/4 cups almonds, ground in a food processor
-1 and 1/4 cup raisins
-1/4 cup cinnamon
In Food Processor:
Slice half the apples with the slicing disc. Transfer the sliced apples to a mixing bowl. Slice the remaining apples in the food processor with the shredding disc. Now add the shredded apples to the sliced apples in a mixing bowl.
Add the agave nector (or honey), ground almonds, raisins, and cinnamon to the bowl. Mix well!
With your Hands *:
Press the mixture into about 20 round, flatcookies, approximately 3" thick, and lay them on dehydrator sheets. Dehydrate at 105d for approximately 24 hours.
*I did mix them with my hands .. and it felt cool and squishy .. but just to get the mixture evenly mixed. Otherwise, I pressed them, by the spoonfull, into a biscuit mold that I use for all my dehydrator foods. Plus, my dehydrator is old-school, having no temp gauge. Plug it in, its on. Un-plug it, its off. So I generally dehydrate stuff overnight and a few hours more. In this case, until the center was no longer gooey soft. I store them in a plastic container lined with a paper towel, in the frig. They last forever in the frig. I eat these like powerbars (I dont buy commercial ones), or for a mid-morning snack. My grandkids love, Love, LOVE them .. and so does hubby -lol- so they gotta be good! Finally, I have replaced the apples with other fruit. Most recently, blackberries that I picked in the yard. These were a beautiful deep purple color and tasted fabulous! Now that I have loads of figs from our tree, I will be using them as well. Ill let youse know how they turn out.
Om Annapurna!
Valarie Devi
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