Meatless Monday - NUTS

Today's Meatless Monday food is nuts.

 FRUIT & NUT MUFFINS

To make 12 muffins you'll need:

2 cups self-raising wholemeal flour

1/2 cup mixed nuts (I used almonds, cashews, walnuts)

1/3 cup sultanas

1/4 cup craisins

1/4 cup currants

2 Tablespoons diced prunes (or sub extra sultanas)

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup applesauce

1 Tablespoon ground flax seeds mixed with 3 Tablespoons boiling water

1 cup unsweetened apple juice

In a large mixing bowl combine all the fruit with the sugar, cinnamon and flour. Crush the nuts into small pieces and stir them into the fruit/flour mixture.

Make a well in the center and add the applesauce, flax mixture and the apple juice. 

Stir until just combined, don't over stir.

Pour into a lined muffin baking tray and bake in a preheated 180C oven for 20-25 minutes until cooked through.

Cranberry & Macadamia Cookies

 

When someone mentions baking I immediately think of cake and cookies! Yet I haven't really shared too many of them yet in this bake-off......

So today I share a basic cookie recipe with you, that is so easy to make & yet so divinely tasty :-)

CRANBERRY & MACADAMIA COOKIES

You'll need:

1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour

1/3 cup dried cranberries

1/3 cup macadamia nuts

1/3 cup agave nectar

1 Tablespoon ground flax seeds 

3 Tablespoons boiling water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup plant milk of choice

Whisk together the boiling water with the ground flax seeds. Set aside.

Pour the macadamias into a small plastic bag and crush.

Place crushed nuts in a mixing bowl and add the flour and cranberries. Stir well so the fruit & nuts are evenly distributed.

Add the agave, vanilla, plant milk & flax mixture.

Stir til combined.

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using wet hands, get 2 Tablespoons of mixture and roll into cookie shape, press down onto the tray & slightly flatten the tops with your fingers.

Place in a preheated 180C oven for 15 minutes.

Cool before serving.

Makes 18 cookies.