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Butter Lettuce Steak Wraps
I’ve cut down dramatically on red meat. In fact, I haven’t had a steak in almost three weeks. If you aren’t familiar with me and my love affair with steak, I could easily eat a gigantic, bloody rib eye every day of my life. I would never tire of it. However, I’m really clamping down on inflammatory foods so we’ve been focusing more on chicken, fish, and seafood with a treat of some kind once a week or so. As I was running errands today I was thinking of all the ways I could eat a somewhat small amount of red meat, combine it with all the vegetables in my diet, and still have it be really tasty.
These wraps are now my new favorite. And that butter lettuce was live – root and some dirt intact when I bought it. That’s the first time my store has offered that choice and I have to say, I think it does make a difference. Next year we’ll be planting rows and rows of butter lettuce. It is so delicious and holds up really well as a wrap. This recipe on its own feeds two people as a main course (about 3 small to medium wraps each). If you are going to serve it with a couple of side dishes, I’d say you could feed four people but you would likely need to get two heads of the butter lettuce and increase the toppings just a bit – the one steak if sliced thinly, goes a long way.
Butter Lettuce Steak Wraps
1 Trader Joe’s Grass Fed Australian Strip Loin Steak (you find these in their freezer section)
About 1/4 Cup of Red Onion, sliced
About 1 1/2 Cups of Red Cabbage, sliced
About 1 Cup of Cremini Mushrooms, sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
About 1 teaspoon of Dried Oregano
About 1 1/2 teaspoons of garlic powder
Celtic Sea Salt To Taste
1-2 Large Radishes, sliced
1/4 Cup of Parsley, chopped
About 1/4 Cup of Daiya Jalapeno Havarti Style Dairy Free Cheese, finely grated
1 Head of Butter Lettuce
Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Vegan Salad Dressing
Avocado Oil Spray
Cut any large pieces of fat off of the steak, slice thinly (this is easier to do when the steak is still a little frozen), and set aside. In a medium pan sprayed with avocado oil, saute the sliced onions, cabbage, mushrooms, oregano, and minced garlic until the cabbage and onions are aldente and the mushrooms are browned. Remove from heat and set aside.
Spray another medium pan with avocado oil and heat on medium high. When the pan is hot, add the sliced steak. Season with salt and 1/2 of the garlic powder. It will cook quickly, don’t over cook it or it will be tough. When the steak is beginning to brown on one side, quickly flip them over season with salt and the other half of the garlic powder and brown for 1-2 minutes. (About 4-5 minutes total cook time.) Remove from the heat and set aside.
Here is how I assembled the wraps:
Two lettuce leaves stacked, a little salad dressing, then cheese, then sauteed veggies, then steak, a little more sauteed veggies, radishes, and a sprinkle of parsley.
Grain Free Date Cookies
My husband has eaten several of these over the past few days and enjoyed them – without ever asking me what was actually in the cookie. A couple of days ago I was having a medjool date as an after dinner treat and offered him one. He told me that “he doesn’t like dates because someone put them in fruit salad once”. I’m not sure if he’s remembering correctly or not, but I always question whether people really know they dislike something or if they just think they do. Clearly, he liked the dates in my cookies. He also tells me he doesn’t like nuts besides peanuts and almonds, but also seemed to enjoy the pecans in these cookies.
I’ve heard many people say they don’t like something, but they’ve actually never tried it. Or, maybe they have tried it and that one time was not a good experience. My rule for most normal foods is that you really need to try it if you want to convince me you don’t like it. And I want to see you taste it in my kitchen, the way I’ve prepared it, with my own two eyes. haha If you’re on the fence about Medjool Dates, I say give them a try. They’re not scary or smelly or gross. Just sweet and have a nice texture, they’re full of vitamins, have lots of fiber, are an antioxidant, and are low glycemic.
What’s the worst that can happen?
Grain Free Date Cookies
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Makes about 24 cookies
2/3 Cup of Medjool Dates, pitted and diced
2/3 Cup of Pecans, finely chopped
1/3 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons of Coconut Butter (aka coconut manna)
3 Tablespoons of Coconut Oil
6 Tablespoons of Coconut Sugar
1/2 Cup of Full Fat Coconut Milk (I like Arroy-D)
2/3 Cup of Sweet Potato Flour
6 Tablespoons of Coconut Flour
1/2 teaspoon of Celtic Sea Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons of Ceylon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of Dried Ginger
1 teaspoon of Vanilla
2 Bars of Trader Joe’s Organic 72% Dark Belgian Chocolate 3.5 oz each
Cream the coconut butter, coconut oil, and coconut sugar together until fully incorporated. Add the coconut milk and beat, scraping down the bowl. Add the remaining dry ingredients and vanilla and mix well.
Using about 1-2 Tablespoons of dough, roll into a ball and flatten with fingers into a circle on parchment covered baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes for soft cookies and 15 minutes for a crispier cookie.
Remove to cooling racks. Melt chocolate bars and drizzle each cookie. If you need them right away, you can quick set them by putting them on trays in the freezer for 10-15 minutes.
Langostino Tacos
While I was looking for wild caught fish that’s easy to deal with at Costco the other day, I ran across Langostino “Lobster Tails”. Lobster? Not really, but they do taste like miniature lobster tails. And after searching “what is langostino” in Wikipedia, let’s just say – they taste delicious but I still really have no idea what they are. My only three stipulations with fish and seafood are – it’s not tilapia, it’s not farm raised, and it tastes good. So as long as it meets those requirements, who really cares what it is…right? So whether they’re squat lobsters or shrimp or prawns or cray fish like the interwebs say they are – who knows? We DO know they taste amazing any way you’d like to prepare them. I chose tacos but they’d also be delicious with a little butter and sea salt as an appetizer alongside a flavorful focaccia and roasted garlic, or cold on top of a salad, or baked in a creamy seafood dish or simmered in a seafood stew. They’re relatively inexpensive for a large bag and they’re individually frozen which means you can take just the amount you need and keep the rest in the freezer for another time.
Langostino Tacos
*Makes 4 Large Tacos or 8 Small Tacos
**Go Here for my Grain Free Spinach Tortilla Recipe
For The Sauce:
2 Cups of Fresh Cilantro, stems removed
4 Whole Green Onions
1/2 of an Avocado
2 Garlic Cloves
3/4 teaspoon of Celtic Sea Salt
Juice of 2 Limes
1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 Cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 teaspoons of Coconut Sugar
1/8 Cup of Water
Place all ingredients in a blender or nutribullet and blend until smooth. Refrigerate. You’ll likely have extra sauce left over – it goes great on top of salads, baked potatoes, and with chicken. The next night, I used it as a sauce for cole slaw with a little of Primal Kitchen’s dairy free caesar dressing and it got rave reviews.
For The Toppings:
1 Large Carrot Peeled, then sliced with the peeler into long strips
4 Large Radishes, sliced thinly
1 Cup of Red Cabbage, thinly sliced
1 Cup of Baby Spinach Leaves, stems removed
1/2 Cup of Red Onion, thinly sliced
2 Avocados, thinly sliced
Prepare toppings and set aside or refrigerate. Wait until you’re ready to serve the tacos to slice the avocados.
For The Langostino:
4 Cups of Langostino, thawed and patted dry
1/4 Cup of Avocado Oil
4 Cloves of Garlic, peeled and grated
2 Tablespoons of Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup of Minced Parsley
Celtic Sea Salt to Taste
Heat the avocado oil in a large skillet on medium high. The langostino is already cooked, so this process is quick. Add the grated garlic and move it around in the oil to flavor, making sure it doesn’t burn. Add the langostino and toss several times to heat through. About 3 minutes. Add the parsley, season with salt and lemon juice, toss a couple more times and remove from the heat.
Layer the tacos however you’d like and top with the cilantro sauce and serve. We also added a little hot sauce.
Grain Free & Vegan Banana Double Chocolate Muffins
I’m not sure about you, but my experience has been that normal tasting muffins in the grain free and vegan world are hard to come by. Especially if you have multiple diet requirements. I think I have two grain free muffin recipes on the blog not including this one. That’s because they are really difficult to deal with texture and taste wise. So after numerous tries and disappointments, I have finally created a chocolate muffin recipe I think we can all cheer about. It doesn’t have odd ingredients that you have to search for, and it’s easy to whip up right before everyone wakes up for breakfast, or before a kid’s soccer game or classroom party, or as an easy dessert. It’s rich in flavor and loaded with chocolate, it’s fluffy and has a nice crumb, but not too crumby and not too fluffy.
It’s just right!
Banana Double Chocolate Muffins
1 1/8 Cups of Very Ripe Mashed Banana
2 Tablespoons of Avocado Oil
2 teaspoons of Vanilla
4 Tablespoons of Full Fat Coconut Milk
1/2 Cup of Coconut Sugar
1/3 Cup of Cacao Powder
1/2 Cup of Arrowroot
1/2 Cup of Coconut Flour
1 teaspoon of Double Acting Baking Powder
1 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1/8 teaspoon of Celtic Sea Salt
1/2 Cup of Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 muffin cups. Measure all of the ingredients except the chocolate chips into a medium bowl and fold together until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. Fill each muffin cup almost to the top and bake (I use convection) for 20 minutes, until mostly firm in the middle when touched with a finger.
Grain Free & Vegan Huckleberry Scones
We’re nearing the end of summer and you know what that means…
Dread of winter? Living on hot cocoa? Hairy legs? Pumpkin spice everything? Hibernation? Well maybe…but not just yet. What nearing the end of summer means in the Northwest is …
Huckleberry Season!
When I posted our huckleberry pancakes on Instagram last weekend I had messages from people from different parts of the country telling me they’d never had a huckleberry! If they weren’t so dang expensive I would have offered to mail each person enough to make pancakes – but that will have to wait until we win the lottery.
Huckleberries are absolutely delicious and although they look somewhat similar to a blueberry, they are very different. They’re smaller than a blueberry and have a much more intense flavor. Lightly tart but also very sweet and very fragrant. They add wonderful flavor to pancakes, crepes, waffles, muffins, pies, and are also very tasty on top of ice cream as a sauce or in home made ice cream. You can also just eat them plain, but to save your pocketbook, I would only do that when you’re up in the mountains picking them yourself.
These scones are grain free, dairy free, egg free & vegan.
Huckleberry Scones
*Makes 8 Triangles OR You Can Use Smaller Biscuit Cutters for More Servings
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
1/2 Cup of Coconut Flour
1/4 Cup of Chestnut Flour
1/4 Cup of Cassava Flour
2 1/2 teaspoons of Double Acting Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon of Celtic Sea Salt
2 Tablespoons of Coconut Sugar (plus extra for sprinkling)
Zest of 2 Medium Lemons
6 Tablespoons of Dairy Free Butter (I use soy free Earth Balance)
3/4 Cup of Full Fat Coconut Milk (my favorite is the Arroy D brand)
1/4 Cup of Fresh Lemon Juice
2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract
3/4 Cup of Fresh or Frozen Huckleberries
Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside. In a glass measuring cup add the coconut milk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Stir and let rest while you cover a baking sheet with parchment or silpat.
Add the cold dairy free butter to the dry ingredients and cut in with two knives or your fingers (that’s what I prefer) until the mixture has small chunks of butter throughout about the size of peas.
Add the wet ingredients and the huckleberries and fold it all together gently, don’t overwork the dough or your scones will be dense and heavy.
Scoop the dough onto the covered baking sheet and pat lightly into a circle. You want to pat enough that the dough holds together after baked, but not so much that you pat all of the fluff out and make them heavy.
Slice into 8 wedges and separate. Sprinkle with extra coconut sugar.
Bake (I use convection) for 20-23 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet before removing and store in a loosely covered container. Will keep for 2 days or you can wrap them well and freeze them.
Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup
This pancake recipe was inspired by a mainstream (full of allergens) recipe I tore out of a magazine in 2010! I was a little shocked myself to see that date, actually. I’ve been lugging around a file box of ideas with me for at least 8 years. That means those inspiring ideas have moved with me back and forth from one end of the country to the other – twice. I only keep things I’m very serious and excited about so that should tell you how I feel about these pancakes. I was thrilled that I could use the magazine’s idea of a carrot cake pancake and make it my own allergen free treat.
This recipe could be very versatile. These would also be great with the addition of unsweetened shredded coconut, raisins, and walnuts in the batter. You could also try toasted coconut along with the toasted nuts on top if you don’t want it in the batter. You could play with the texture of the carrots as well. I did a fine grate, but I think I may have even been happier with a medium grate.
Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup
1/4 Cup of Chopped Toasted Pecans
1/2 Cup of Buckwheat Groat Flour (ground buckwheat groats)
1/4 Cup of Coconut Flour
1/2 Cup of Arrowroot
2 teaspoons of Double Acting Baking Powder
1 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1 1/2 teaspoons of Ceylon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon of Ground Nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon of Ground Ginger
1/8 teaspoon of Ground Cloves
1/4 Cup of Coconut Sugar
1/2 Cup of Full Fat Coconut Milk
1/2 Cup Water
1 Tablespoon of Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon of Avocado Oil
2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs
2 Cups of Finely (or medium) Grated Carrots
Pure Maple Syrup
Dairy Free Butter
Ceylon Cinnamon
(For the cinnamon syrup: Simply add however much syrup you think you’ll need to a bowl, add about 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and whisk to combine. When pancakes are done, heat the syrup, whisk again, and serve with the pancakes.)
Whisk dry ingredients together. Whisk coconut milk, water, and lemon and let sit for 10 minutes. Add the oil, vanilla, and eggs, and whisk until frothy. Add to the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Fold in carrots.
Heat and butter a skillet. Cook pancakes until bubbles form on top and the underside is golden. Flip and cook for about 2 more minutes until done.
Serve with dairy free butter (or regular) and cinnamon syrup above.
Flourless Chocolate Dream Cake
Incredibly easy. Simple, healthy, ingredients.
Gets rave reviews every time I serve it. Makes the house smell amazing. Gorgeous.
You can’t ask for much more from a dessert.
Flourless Chocolate Dream Cake
*12 Servings
For The Raspberry Sauce:
4 Cups of Frozen Organic Raspberries
2/3 Cup Organic Coconut Sugar
For The Cake:
4 Bars (12oz) of Theo’s Organic Fair Trade Pure 70% Dark Chocolate
7 ounces of Earth Balance Soy Free Dairy Free Butter (I used the tub – the cubes sometimes produce a different result.)
6 Organic Eggs
6 Tablespoons of Arroy-D Coconut Milk (full fat)
2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon of Organic Coconut Sugar
For The Ice Cream:
I like to serve mine with Coconut Bliss’s Dairy Free Vanilla Island ice cream for those that cannot do dairy and with Tillamook Vanilla Bean ice cream for those that can tolerate dairy.
For the sauce add the Raspberries and 2/3 cup coconut sugar to a medium saucepan and heat on medium low. Once the raspberries are melted, turn to simmer for 45 minutes to an hour or until lightly reduced and thickened. Refrigerate for 3 hours. This can easily be made a day ahead and thickens more upon cooling.
Line the bottom of a 9 inch removable bottom tart pan with parchment and spray with non stick spray. (I spray the underside of the parchment as well.) Set the tart pan on a baking sheet and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
For the cake add the dairy free butter and broken up chocolate to a medium saucepan. Heat on low to medium low being VERY mindful that it doesn’t get too hot and seize the chocolate. Stir as it begins to melt and once the mixture is smooth and incorporated, remove from heat.
In a medium bowl whisk the eggs, coconut milk, vanilla, and the 1 Tablespoon of coconut sugar until thoroughly incorporated and frothy.
Very slowly drizzle the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture whisking quickly. Don’t add the egg mixture too quickly, or the eggs will cook. You want to temper the chocolate first. When you’ve added about half of the egg mixture slowly – then you can pour in the remaining and whisk thoroughly.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the tart pan and bake for 24 minutes. There should be a little jiggle in the middle. The sides may also puff up while baking, but once it’s removed from the oven and begins to cool the cake will settle.
Grain Free Pesto Chicken Flatbread
These are Oh. SO. Good.
And the best part is that they’re easy to make and look gorgeous. They work for a casual dinner or lunch with family or for a more special meal with guests – paired with a big salad, a great bottle of wine, and a fresh sorbet for dessert.
Grain Free Pesto Chicken Flatbread
*Makes 8 Flatbreads
1 Package of Boneless Skinless Chicken Tenders
2 Tablespoons of Avocado Oil
1 1/2 Tablespoons of Italian Seasoning Herbs
1 teaspoon of Garlic Powder
1/2 teaspoon of Sea Salt
Few Grinds of Fresh Pepper
1 Package of Chebe Focaccia Mix
1 Egg
1/4 Cup of Avocado Oil
1/2 Cup of Water
8 Tablespoons of Vegan Pesto
1 teaspoon of Sea Salt
16 Cherry Tomatoes, sliced in half
1/2 of a Small Onion, thinly sliced
1 Cup of Chopped Baby Spinach
2 Cups of Goat Gouda Cheese
2 teaspoons of Italian Seasoning Herbs
1/4 Cup of Freshly Chopped Oregano
1/4 Cup of Freshly Chopped Basil
Marinara Sauce
Heat the 2 TBS of avocado oil in a medium skillet. Place thawed chicken in the skillet and sprinkle both sides with the Italian Seasoning, garlic powder, sea salt, and pepper. Saute until done and set aside to cool. When cool, chop chicken, set aside.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Line three baking sheets with parchment and set aside. Combine the Chebe Focaccia Mix, egg, 1/4 cup of avocado oil, and 1/2 cup of water and knead until smooth and dough is easily formed into a ball. You may need to flour hands (I use arrowroot). Cut the dough into 8 equal parts and pat out into rounds on the parchment covered baking sheets. Prebake the flatbread rounds for 10 minutes and remove from oven.
Heat the marinara in a small sauce pan and simmer on low until you’re ready to serve the flatbread.
Spread a TBS (or more if you like) of the vegan pesto on each round. Using 1 teaspoon of Sea Salt, sprinkle each. Top with the chopped spinach, onions, chicken, and 4 tomato halves each. Top each flatbread with the cheese. Sprinkle with the Italian Seasoning. Bake for 12 minutes or until cheese is melted and lightly bubbling on the edges. Remove from oven and sprinkle with the chopped fresh basil and oregano.
They also freeze well. I wrap mine individually with saran wrap and then store in a double bagged ziplock. To reheat, remove from plastic and thaw on counter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place flatbreads on a parchment covered baking sheet and heat for 10-15 minutes.
Sunday Cinnamon Rolls
Just in time for your weekend.
The best gluten free and dairy free cinnamon rolls that will ever pass your lips!
Don’t be intimidated if you’re not necessarily a baker. These cinnamon rolls are really easy and the result will wow everyone in your family. Follow along with the directions and step by step photos below and I’ll walk you through the entire process.
Happy Baking!
Gluten Free & Dairy Free Cinnamon Rolls
*Makes 12
For The Dough:
4 Cups of Mama’s Almond Blend Flour (plus more flour for rolling)
4 teaspoons of Xanthan Gum
4 teaspoons of Double Acting Baking Powder
2 teaspoons of Baking Soda
1 1/4 teaspoons of Sea Salt
1 3/4 Tablespoons of SAF Instant Yeast
6 Tablespoons of Earth Balance Soy Free Dairy Free Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar (I used granulated white sugar but you can use coconut sugar – it will change the color of the rolls)
1 Cup of Full Fat Coconut Milk (I use Arroy-D)
1/2 Cup of Avocado Oil
2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs
Whisk the dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Scrape down the bowl and add the coconut milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs. Mix on medium until incorporated. It make look a little curdled, that is OK. Add the dry ingredients and mix on medium for about 1 minute until fully incorporated.
Place a large sheet (or multiple sheets if you use the pre cut sheets – I use 4) of parchment on the counter and sprinkle with flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured parchment and pat lightly into a rectangle. Flour the top of the dough and your rolling pin and roll out to about a 25×17 (approximately) rectangle. Top with filling below.
For The Filling:
1/2 Cup of Earth Balance Soy Free Dairy Free Butter (mash with fork to soften)
1 1/2 Cups of Dark Brown Sugar
2 3/4 Tablespoons of Ceylon Cinnamon
Couple Pinches of Sea Salt
Gently spread the softened but not melted butter across the entire top of the dough with the back of a large soup or serving spoon being careful not to tear the dough. (Once you soften it with a fork, it will be easy to spread with the back of a spoon) Sprinkle the brown sugar all over the top, spreading it out with your hand. Evenly sprinkle the cinnamon across the top and then sprinkle with the sea salt.
Take the edge of the parchment closest to you and use it to roll up the edge of the dough. Continue rolling the dough using the parchment (but don’t allow the parchment to roll up into the dough!) until you have one large log. Pinch the ends of the dough shut and carefully go down the log squeezing it and making sure it’s uniform and the end edge is pinched or at least flat up against the rest of the dough.
Coat a 9×13 inch pan with non-stick spray. Slice the rolls (starting in the middle) into 12 somewhat even pieces. Place them in the treated pan and top each one with a little (about 1/4 teaspoon) dollop of dairy free butter.
Set the oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a piece of plastic wrap and lay the sprayed side lightly over the top of the rolls. Cover with a light towel and set the rolls on top of the stove to rest for 45 minutes.
Remove the towel and plastic wrap. Don’t panic if they don’t look like they have risen, they will rise in the oven. Place on the middle rack and bake (I use convection) for about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
For The Frosting:
5 Cups of Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup of Earth Balance Soy Free Dairy Free Butter
3 1/2 Tablespoons of Pure Almond Extract
A Little Water for Spreading Consistency
This is just your typical powdered sugar frosting but flavored with almond extract rather than vanilla, very easy! Melt the butter and add it and the almond extract to the powdered sugar. Whisk to combine and add a little amount of water at a time (2 Tablespoons at a time) until the frosting whips smooth but spreadable and not too thin.
Top the rolls with the frosting. Let set for 30 minutes. You can serve them right away or they will stay fresh and delicious on the counter very lightly covered for up to 24 hours.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I made these delicious cookies a couple of weeks ago but wasn’t sure they’d turn out, so didn’t take any photos… I was very pleased when they did end up turning out perfectly but by the time they came out of the oven, I was out of daylight and wasn’t about to give you a photograph with hideous kitchen lighting.
They’re delicious and versatile too! You could just do chocolate chips or chocolate pieces if you’re not into raisins. Or, you could add dried cherries instead of raisins. You could also do a variety of dried fruits, you could add your favorite nuts, and if white chocolate doesn’t give you issues…well, white chocolate chunks and dried cherries in these would be to die for. The options are all up to you so have fun!
Gluten Free & Dairy Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Makes About 15 Cookies
1 Cup of Mama’s Almond Blend Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons of Ceylon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda
3/4 teaspoon of Sea Salt
1/2 teaspoon of Xanthan Gum
1 1/2 Cups of Bob’s Redmill Organic Gluten Free Rolled Oats
3/4 Cup of Organic Coconut Sugar
1/2 Cup of Earth Balance Soy Free Dairy Free Butter
1 Organic Egg
2 teaspoons of Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Cup of Organic Raisins
Add dry ingredients (except raisins) to a medium bowl and whisk to combine – set aside. In a stand mixer, cream the sugar and butter (about 2 minutes). Scrape down sides and add the egg and vanilla. Beat on medium until fully incorporated and creamy. Scrape down sides. Turn mixer to the “stir” setting and add the dry ingredients. Stir until fully incorporated. Add the raisins and mix until combined. Chill for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (I do all of my baking and cooking with convection). Line two baking sheets with parchment and place spoonfuls of the dough onto the sheets. About 2 Tablespoons each. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven, and cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
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