Vegan_Food_and_Living_Cookbook_-_Spring_2019

Sweet Treats^ RECIPES

Total fat Saturates Salt Sugar Protein

1.9g 0.5g trace 1.6g 0.8g

Chocolate orange biscuits

By Peta Coote (www.NourishingSoulfully.com)

Makes 20 biscuits | Prep 10 mins |

Cook 8 mins | Calories 60 (per biscuit)

125g (¾ cup) rice flour

2 tbsp pure cacao powder

pinch of salt

2 tbsp olive oil

zest of 2 unwaxed oranges

25g (2 tbsp) unrefined

cane sugar

1 orange, juice only

4 tbsp agave syrup

1 Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas Mark 5.

2 Mix the rice flour with the pure cacao powder and add

a pinch of salt.

3 Add the olive oil, orange juice, agave syrup and half the

orange zest and mix really well into a dough.

4 Roll out onto a flat surface and cut into shapes. Place the

biscuits on greaseproof paper on a baking tray.

5 Bake for 7-8 minutes and allow to cool on a cooling rack.

6 Enjoy with a cup of tea.

Total fat Saturates Salt Sugar Protein

20.4g 8.6g trace 12 .9g 8.9g

Coconut and peanut

butter energy bites

By Anna Wierzbińska (www.annabanana.co)

Makes 10 | Prep 10 mins plus chilling |

Cook 3 mins | Calories 311 (per energy ball)

260g (1 cup) smooth

peanut butter

120ml (½ cup) maple syrup

130g (¾ cup) whole

rolled oats

100g (1¹/ 8 cups) desiccated

coconut

2 tsp mixed spice

1 Place the peanut butter in a medium saucepan over a low

heat and stir until melted.

2 Add the maple syrup and keep stirring to combine both,

until you have smooth consistency. Take off the heat.

3 In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, desiccated

coconut and mixed spice. Add the peanut butter and

maple syrup mixture, and combine.

4 Using your hands (or an ice cream scoop), roll the mixture

into small balls and place on a baking tray lined with

baking paper.

5 Once you have used up all the mixture, place the tray in

the fridge for at least couple of hours. Enjoy!