Dried Fruits
Coconut Crunch Macaroons
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2 cups almonds
1 cup shredded coconut
1 T almond extract
6 - 10 pitted dates
1) Soak almonds 8 hours, dates 2 hours
2) In blender: blend with 1/2 cup water from dates, with almond extract,
dates, and shredded coconut (keeping dough thick)
3) Drop 'dough' on wax paper, or teflex sheets on dehydrator trays.
Dehydrate 12-24 hours at 105 degrees, turning over when dough is firm.
4)Serve warm at desired chewiness.
Time: 10 minutes to prepare, 12-24 hours to dehydrate, makes 30-45 cookies.
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Apple Raisin Cookies
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2 C sunflower seeds, soaked 4 hours and rinsed.
2 fuji apples, grated
2 large bananas
1/2 C dates
1 C raisins
1 t cinnamon
1 T flax oil
1 C walnuts, soaked 2 hours, chopped.
Process sunflower seeds and bananas through a champion juicer with no plate
(grate). Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Spoon dough on a
dehydrator tray with a teflex sheet and form into small round cookie. Place
cookies close together on the sheets. Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 4 hours,
turn cookies over and remove teflex sheet. Continue dehydrating until
desired moisture is obtained, approximately 3-5 hours.
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Paleobars III
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Tools needed: food processor, bowl, spoon, muffin tins,
freezer, food dehydrator or warm oven.
4 Large Bananas*, peeled
10 Large sticky dates, pitted. I use Black Sphinx from
Arizona Date Gardens in Phoenix, AZ USA
7 Large Medjool dates, pitted
1/2 Small Lemon, juice only from
2 Medium Apples, cored & diced (I used Fuji)
3 C Coconut, dried, unsweetened, medium shred
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (omit if strict Paleo)
1/2 tsp. sea salt, optional
1/2 tsp Vitamin C as ascorbic acid (omit if strict Paleo)
Whip the whole mess up in a food processor till smooth, pour into the bowl
and then fold in:
1 C Almonds, shelled, roasted slightly
1 C (scant) Hazelnuts/Filberts, shelled, roasted slightly
1/2 C Pistachio meats, dry roasted
1/4 C Pumpkin seeds, hulled, roasted slightly
Whole nuts are great for texture & crunchability, but I suppose
chopped would do fine as well.
Coat muffin tins with coconut oil and spoon in the batter-like
mixure till about 3/4 full. Freeze the filled tins, then
pop out the frozen slugs and place gently on the rack of a
food dehydrator. Dry for 24 hours at the "Fruit" setting,
maybe 145 deg. F, then let cool. Store in tins and try not
to eat all at once. Drink lots of water after eating.
Makes about 18 tough little chewy biscuit-like cakes.
* If allergic or sensitive to latex, one might omit the
bananas & substitute some other sweet, sticky fruit.
From: alexs on the PaleoFood list
Blueberry Cookies
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2 cups Blueberries
2 cups Almonds (soaked overnight and blanched)
1 cup soaked raisins (small cup)
Blend till the crumby consistensy, use a spoon to spoon the batter out on a
dehydrator plastic tray. Dehydrate for 24 hours or until dry (do not
overdry) at the temperature of 105 F. Turn them over in 8-12 hours or when
you see that one side is dry enough.
Walnut Apricot Cookies
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2 cups Walnuts soaked overnight
1 cup Sweet and sour dried or fresh apricots
1 cup soaked Raisins (small cup)
2 overriped bananas
Blend till the crumby consistensy, use a spoon to spoon the batter out on a
dehydrator plastic tray. Dehydrate for 24 hours or until dry (do not
overdry) at the temperature of 105 F. Turn them over in 8-12 hours or when
you see that one side is dry enough. Experiment with your favorite nuts,
seeds and fruits. It is always good to use a combination of a fresh fruit
and some dried soaked fruits with nuts. For veggie/'salty' crackers use
sunflower seeds, they tend to give some salty flavor when dried. Of course,
you may use any other soaked nuts/seeds.
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Wild Strawberry Fruit Leather
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Add 1/2 Tbsp of honey to each cup of wild strawberries. Bring just to a
boil, cool, and process thru a food mill. Pour no more than 0.2 inches
(5mm) thick onto a Teflon cookie sheet. Heat in oven at lowest setting for
6-7 hours. When leathery, roll and seal in plastic wrap. Stores well at any
temperature.
From _Edible Wild Plants:A North American Field Guide_ by Elias & Dykeman.
Fruit Leather
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2 large pears
3 small fuji apples
1 t cinnamon
Clean, core and dice pears and apples. Place in a blender and add a
small amount of purified water and cinnamon, process for approx. 30
seconds. Pour mixture on teflex sheets and place trays in dehydrator.
Dehydrate for 6-8 hours, remove teflex sheets and flip fruit leather over.
Continue dehydrating until desired moisture is obtained. You can make a
fruit leather using any fruit and any combination and amounts.
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