When Michael (my boyfriend for newcomers) and I went on a nice long hike several days ago, I bought some raw cookie-like energy cubes from the natural food store here that were quite good. As usual though, it felt like a compromise to buy the things - even from the natural food store - because they had the ubiquitous "natural flavors" on the ingredient's list. Frankly, "natural flavors" could mean anything: all-natural extracts (which I can have, in moderation) or something I would rather not think about. Either way, I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to try and replicate the cookie-ish energy cubes on my own, so that I wouldn't have to worry about what the heck "natural flavors" means. This is an approximation of what I came up with:
Ingredients
2-3 big fistfuls of dates, finely chopped
a tablespoon or two almond flour
two to four tablespoons shredded coconut, divided
a teaspoon or two honey
a few drops vanilla extract
1/2 a scoop of my greens powder (optional)
a tablespoon or two of cocoa powder (optional)
Puree dates, almond flour, and 2 tablespoons of shredded coconut in a food processor. Remove from food processor and add honey, vanilla extract, greens powder, and cocoa powder. Mix until you get a sticky dough-like substance. Divide into bite size balls on parchment paper and flatten into a cookie shape. Sprinkle the rest of the shredded coconut on top and press the coconut into the cookie. Chill for an hour.
I'll be trying other variations, since my searches on several raw and paleo blogs have yielded some inspiration for variations on the no-cook cookie theme.
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