German Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Cake:
- 4 ounces chopped or grated organic chocolate
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup raw or organic butter, softened
- 2 cups maple sugar
- 4 pastured or organic eggs, yolks separated from whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups sprouted white wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup + 3 tablespoons whole organic buttermilk
Frosting (double this recipe to frost sides of cake):
- 1 cup light organic or raw cream
- 1 cup coconut sap sugar or muscavado
- 3 pastured or organic egg yolks, beaten
- 1/2 cup raw or organic butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups flaked organic coconut
- 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
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Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter and flour 3 round cake pans.
- Line each with wax paper or natural parchment.
- Place chopped or grated chocolate in a small glass or ceramic bowl.
- Add boiling water and stir until melted. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl mix butter with sugar until fluffy. Slowly add egg yolks and blend well.
- Add melted chocolate and vanilla and blend well.
- In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt together.
- Alternate adding the flour mixture and buttermilk to your batter, beginning and ending with flour.
- Blend until batter is smooth.
- In a clean glass or ceramic bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks form (about 5 minutes).
- Fold the egg whites slowly into your cake batter. Don't stir or beat them in.
- Divide your batter between your prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool layers 15 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
- Slowly remove the wax paper from each inverted layer.
Frosting:
- In a heavy saucepan on medium heat, combine cream, sugar, egg yolks, butter and vanilla.
- Stir until melted and continue stirring for 12 minutes.
- Stir in the coconut and toasted pecans.
- Remove frosting from heat and let cool until firm and easy to spread.
- Frost a layer and place another on top.
- Frost top of cake (and sides if frosting recipe doubled).
- You can refrigerate your iced cake for a couple of hours to hold the frosting in place, but it should be fine out of the refrigerator after that. Delicious!!
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Cranberry Apple Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole organic cranberries
- 1 1/2 cups un–peeled organic apples, chopped
- 3/4 cup maple sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 cup muscavado or coconut sap sugar
- 2/3 cup sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1/2 cup sprouted rolled oats
- 1/2 cup raw or organic butter, softened
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- Combine cranberries, apples and maple sugar in an ovenproof baking dish.
- Mix nuts, muscavado sugar, butter and rolled oats with flour (will be like a moist paste. Add 1 tablespoon of water if needed) and pat on top of cranberry/apple mixture.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until browned and bubbly.
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Sprouted Slice-N-Bake Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw or organic butter, softened
- 3/4 cup organic sucanat or sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups sprouted white wheat or sorghum (g-f) flour
- 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup organic sugar or coconut palm sugar
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- Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric stand mixer 2-3 minutes until creamy.
- Add flour, blending well. Divide dough into 4 portions, shaping each portion into an 8x2" log.
- Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water.
- Unwrap logs, brush with beaten egg, and sprinkle muscovado sugar over logs (I put sugar on wax paper and roll logs in it), pressing slightly for sugar to adhere.
- Rewrap and chill logs at least 30 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut logs into 1/4" thick slices.
- Place 1" apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned, switching pans halfway through if baking at same time.
- Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack.
- Great with ice cream.
Recipe Notes
Add food coloring to the mix for holiday fun! These cookies are ideal for sugar cookie-style cut outs. Decorate with sprinkles and colored sugar. Use in any of your favorite sugar cookie based recipes.
Add a hint of lemon by adding in a dash of lemon zest and a few drops of lemon oil or lemon extract in step one.
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Sprouted Praline Rugelach
Ingredients
- 8 ounces organic or raw cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup raw or organic butter, softened
- 3/4 cup organic sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, divided
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat or sorghum (g-f) flour
- 1/4 cup raw or organic butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons cane or maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons heavy raw or organic cream
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted
- 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
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- Beat cream cheese, softened butter, 1/4 cup sucanat, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon salt at medium speed in electric stand mixer 2-3 minutes until creamy.
- Gradually add flour, blending well.
- Divide dough into 4 equal portions flattening each into a disc.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours.
- Stir together melted butter, next 3 ingredients, and remaining 1/2 cup sucanat, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
- Remove from refrigerator and unwrap 1 dough disk and roll into a 10" circle (about 1/4" thick) on a lightly floured surface (silpats make great surfaces, too).
- Spread about 3 1/2 tablespoons butter mixture in a thin layer on dough circle, leaving a 1/2" border around edges.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans over butter mixture, pressing to adhere. Cut circle into 12 wedges and roll up wedges, starting at wide end.
- Place point sides down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill at least 1/2 hour.
- Repeat procedure with remaining dough (one disc at a time), butter mixture, and pecans.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Brush each roll with egg mixture.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, switching baking sheets halfway through if baking 2 pans at a time.
- Cool cookies on baking sheets 10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks.
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Cane Syrup Sprouted Slice-N-Bakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw or organic butter, softened
- 3/4 cups organic sucanat or organic sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups sprouted white wheat, buckwheat (g-f), or sorghum (g-f) flour (try buckwheat and sorghum 50/50)
- 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup muscovado or coconut palm sugar
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- Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric stand mixer 2-3 minutes until creamy.
- Add flour, blending well. Divide dough into 4 portions, shaping each portion into an 8x2" log. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Unwrap logs, brush with beaten egg, and sprinkle muscovado sugar over logs (I put sugar on wax paper and roll logs in it), pressing slightly for sugar to adhere. Rewrap and chill logs at least 30 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut logs into 1/4" thick slices. Place 1" apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned, switching pans halfway through if baking at same time. Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack. Great with ice cream.
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Sprouted Praline Rugelach
Ingredients
- 1 8oz raw or organic butter, softened
- 1 cup raw or
- 3 tsp vanilla extract, divided
- 1 tsp sea salt, divided
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat or sorghum (g-f) flour
- 1/4 cup raw or organic butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tsp cane or maple syrup
- 2 tsp heavy raw or organic cream
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans or walnuts, toasted
- 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
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- Beat cream cheese, softened butter, 1/4 cup sucanat, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon salt at medium speed in electric stand mixer 2-3 minutes until creamy. Gradually add flour, blending well. Divide dough into 4 equal portions flattening each into a disc. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours.
- Stir together melted butter, next 3 ingredients, and remaining 1/2 cup sucanat, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
- Remove from refrigerator and unwrap 1 dough disk and roll into a 10" circle (about 1/4" thick) on a lightly floured surface (silpats make great surfaces, too). Spread about 3 1/2 tablespoons butter mixture in a thin layer on dough circle, leaving a 1/2" border around edges. Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans over butter mixture, pressing to adhere. Cut circle into 12 wedges and roll up wedges, starting at wide end. Place point sides down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Chill at least 1/2 hour. Repeat procedure with remaining dough (one disc at a time), butter mixture, and pecans.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Brush each roll with egg mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, switching baking sheets halfway through if baking 2 pans at a time. Cool cookies on baking sheets 10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks.
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Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups sprouted wheat or spelt flour
- 1 tsp aluminum-free baking soda
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup raw or organic butter, softened
- 3/4 cup date or maple sugar
- 3/4 cup rapadura or coconut sap sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large pastured eggs
- 2 cups organic chocolate chips, chopped dark chocolate, or carob chips
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped if desired
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- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter, sugars and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture.
- Stir in chocolate or carob and nuts.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to wire racks.
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