Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Gold and Brown Leaves with Butterflies




















Gold Leaves
1 c cornmeal
1 c whole wheat flour
1/4 c red quinoa
3 t baking powder
1/4 c sugar or raw sugar
1 t salt
2 eggs or egg replacer
1 c milk or soy or rice milk
1/4 oil

Brown Leaves
1 c blue corn meal
1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/4 c acorn flour www.zionmarket.com
1/4 t salt
1 1/2 t baking powder
2 T sugar or raw sugar
1 egg or egg substitute
1 c milk or soy or rice milk
1/4 c oil

For both these recipes, mix ingredients, spray cookie sheet with oil, place leaf cookie cutters on pan, fill half way with bread mixture, very slowly lift cookie cutters, correcting edges as cutter is lifted, make marks for the veins of the leaves and cook in preheated oven at 425 degrees for 15-25 minutes, depending on the size of the leaves.
Serve with choice of butter or butter substitute, wild berry spread, hazelnut butter, etc.

Butterfly Cookies
1 1/2 c whole whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 t salt
1/4 c sugar or raw sugar
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t grated lemon rind
1/2 t crushed dry raspberries
1/2 t vanilla
1/4 t cinnamon
1/4 c oil
1/4 c milk, soy milk or rice milk

Mix ingredients, roll out on floured board and cut with mini butterfly cookie cutters. Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 5-7 minutes.




2 comments:

veganmomma said...

I showed Athena the picture of these cookies and she said she wants one. Can you save her one next time:)?

Wild Mountain, Coast and Desert Cook Books said...

Of course! Or she could help me with all the mountain cookie cutters some time.