Cocoa not so muffin

I listen to this recipe on the radio.  The woman who was teaching it is a vegetarian and she likes to eat very healthfully.

The texture is more of a brownie than of a muffin. I liked very much. The recipe is very promising. At first I missed the sugar. The dates that I used weren’t sweet at all. But after eating a couple I got used and don’t miss it. But, the children who ate didn’t like. It’s a strong flavor. Maybe it’s an adult “muffin/brownie”. I’ll try with apricot. And without coconut, my own personal taste.

My recipe:

180 grams of dates pitted, soaked in water for 2 hours, then I drained and turn into a puree in the food processor

20 grams of white raisings. The original recipe says 50 grams and that’s what I’ll use next time. I decide to soak the raisings for one hour with the dates and drained and processed it as well. Not in the original recipe

+ or – 175 ml of milk. I used more but I did not measure it.

In a bowl mix together:

15 grams of organic cocoa (without sugar)

34 grams of grated dry coconut without sugar (the original recipe says 75 grams I´m glad I used less)

2 tablespoons of Ghee

100 grams of quinoa flour

2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

½ teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice (my idea)

1 tablespoon of baking powder (I’ll use baking soda as she suggested)

Add the dates puree and Milk and mix together.

Then I just fill the paper cases up to ¾ of it and bake. And eat!!!!!!

Original recipe:

150 grams of dates pitted soaked in water (or coconut water) for 2 hours, drained and processed as a puree.

In a bowl mix together:

50 grams of black raisings

15 grams of organic cocoa without sugar

75 grams of dry grated coconut without sugar

2 tablespoons of ghee

100 grams of wheat flour

2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

1 tablespoon of baking soda (or baking powder)

+ or - 175 ml of milk or the coconut water that you used to soak the dates

Add the dates puree. Form like balls and bake it on a muffin pan.

Focaccia and rugelach

Today wasn’t a successful baking day. Actually was BBD - Bad Baking day. No, it did not set me out of my right track!

And I must add.... not a very sucessful photography day as well!

First Foccacia. I have a wonderful recipe of olive and onions focaccia. This recipe is all about olives, onions and olive oil. The one that I baked today was all about flour. It taste like flour. We all eat of course... but it wasn’t yummy.

I’m not going to post the full recipe, just my flour mix, so I can remember what I did:

400 grams of banana flour
100 grams of amaranth flakes.

Second: Rugelach. I have to say that I really love this cookie. I had never had it. But now I´m a huge fan.

I couldn’t shape into crescent shape, like the pictures I saw. The dough was funny. Crumbly and wet at the same time. So all I could do was to roll it cut into circles and bake with the filling. I have no picture, I wanted crescent shape rugelach not the one I made.

The problem was……………as usual............ me ...............changing the recipe. I used ghee instead of butter and the Brazilian cream cheese is too soft. So, I’ll do it again (Of course!) but using a Brazilian recipe to start with and no changes. I promise!!!!