Iced Peppermint Cookies
We call these Quookies! Made with Quinoa
Raw Vegan Gluten and Grain-Free
These couldn’t be simpler to make — and although I used a dehydrator, you can easily make these on a parchment-paper-covered cookie sheet in a low temperature oven, just long enough to dry them out.
This clever combination of pecans and quinoa is from a recipe contributed by Missy Brown of The Raw Alchemical Kitchen. I juiced beets and used to juice to color these a festive (and healthy!) red. You can also make these with raw cacao or carob for a different flavor.
Ideal Holiday Cookie for the Raw Lifestyle
Missy is a contributor in Raw Fusion Living: Recipes for Healthy Eating, Natural Weight Loss and Anti-Aging. I have made several variations on this wonderful base, including Pumpkin Whoopi Pies. For the past few years, I have made these Iced Peppermint Quookies for my holiday menu for the monthly raw foods classes I teach in Tampa. Having a jar of coconut butter in your pantry is a very good idea to make these impromptu desserts!
Iced Peppermint Quookies
Ingredients for the Base:
1 cup quinoa (soaked at least 6 hours, rinsed and drained)
1 cup of raw pecans
1/3 cup agave or coconut nectar
1 TB. vanilla (alcohol-free) extract or powder
1 tsp. salt
Juice from 1-2 beets for red coloring – you can also replace with cacao if you prefer a chocolate version
Directions: Place pecans in food processor and briefly pulse to break them down. Add the quinoa and other ingredients and mix well. Taste for sweetness and add more agave/nectar if desired. Add more beet juice if needed to deepen color. Place parchment paper on dehydrator screen and form 8-12 equal rounds. Dehydrate up to 5 hours at 115 degrees until they can be peeled gently off the parchment and turned over on the screens. Then dehydrate a few more hours until dry and pliable but not brittle.
Filling Ingredients:
Coconut butter
Coconut oil
Peppermint flavoring
Sweetener of your choice
Mix several tablespoons of coconut butter with half as much coconut oil and blend in food processor until smooth adding 1 teaspoon peppermint flavoring. Add sweetener if you prefer this icing sweeter but remember that the Quookies will be sweet, too. This will turn into an icing if refrigerated.
Here is a photo of the batter before dehydrating:
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