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The Princess and the Cookie Dough

30 Monday Jul 2012

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And some flowers.

Maybe a frog.

But mainly: Cookie Dough Dip! Playful cookie dough dip, of course!

Cookie Dough is definitelly a fun flavor, as well as cake batter. I know it’s a typical (ice cream) flavor in the US. Well – can you imagine a country without cookie dough ice cream? You can, as long as there’s cake batter ice cream? Well, … there isn’t cake batter ice cream either…

It was not an easy childhood. The only cookie dough flavored things was… cookie dough. And as long as your parents are watching, you’re not allowed to eat (too much) cookie dough…

The playful twist…

Do I have to tell you that I love anything cookie dough? I think there should be a cookie dough version of every dessert. Guess that’s a big project!

I know there were many variations of cookie dough dips posted all over the blogoshphere lately. (Did I really just write that word? It’s come to that…). My version is inspired by CCK’s chickpea based cookie dough dip.

I wanted to put my own playful twist on it though!  My version contains yogurt, which makes it a little “fluffy” and lighter than the original version. It’s gives this dip it’s wonderful creamy consistency!

Playful Cookie Dough Dip 

  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1/2 cup soy yogurt (or any other plant based yogurt)
  • 3 tbsp rolled oats or oat flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or powdered vanilla
  • 6 dates
  • Sweetener to taste: more dates, agave syrup, stevia…
  • optional: chocolate chips

Drain and wash the chickpeas. Put all the ingredients (except chocolate chips)  in your food processor or blender (you might need a tamper) and mix. One minute later, the ingredients magically turned into a delicious cookie dough dip…

Variations:

For a richer dip: Add any kind of nut butter! Cashew is great if you want that vanilla flavor, for a peanut butter cookie dough dip add peanut butter! (about 1/4 cup)

Snicker doodle Dip: Add cinnamon

Brownie Batter Dip: Add cocoa

Cake Batter Dip: Add some butter extract

Actually, this is such a basic recipe, you can add anything that tastes good! Don’t add fries though. Nor tomatoes. Okay, you see where this is going…

You can add lego frogs, too. Just don’t forget what I told you about eating legos…

Homemade Almond Butter

24 Tuesday Jul 2012

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There’s one thing I really don’t like about almond butter: It’s expensive.


That could be me… 

That’s the only thing I don’t like about almond butter. In other words: I love almond butter! Ever since I got my first glass of almond butter, I was addicted.  From then on I got almond butter for special occasions, like christmas or for my birthday. I cared more for the almond butter then any other christmas candy! And I did my best to let it last as long as possible…

I still love almond butter. Straight from the glass. On top of bananas or rice cakes. In oatmeal…

Actually… I only need a spoon. And my glass of almond butter. That’s it.

So here’s the good message: You can make your own almond butter! All you need is a food processor or a heavy duty blender.
It’s as good and as creamy as the store bought one. Trust me. I know what I’m talking about!

Make your own almond butter!

Recipe

Homemade Almond Butter

  • 2 cups almonds

All right, that was obvious ;)
Now the interesting part: Roast your almonds in the oven for about 10 minutes (350F). Be careful not to burn. Let them cool a little bit (it’s works better when they are still a little warm, so don’t let them cool down completely). Put them in your food processor or blender and mix! If you use a food processor, you have to stop and scratch the sides several times, until it’s creamy. Be patient.

If you use a heavy duty blender, like a vita-mix (that’s what I use!), push the almonds into the knife with your tamper. It won’t be long until you have a creamy, yummy almond butter!

If you feel like it’s not creamy enough, feel free to add one tsp native oil, like almond oil or walnut oil. This could happen when the almonds are a little older.

Creamy Almond Butter. You can’t imagine how excited I was when I finally got my vita-mix and could start making my own almond butter!