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Cocoa Cardamom Crunch

April 4, 2015 By Korena in the Kitchen 4 Comments

Cocoa Cardamom Crunch | Korena in the KitchenMy daily breakfast is Greek yogurt with fruit and homemade granola, and I look forward to it every morning. However, my last few batches of granola have been a little lackluster, so I was pretty excited to discover a new kind of yogurt-appropriate topping called “nutmeg crunch“, a combination of oats, almonds, honey, coconut oil, and a hefty dose of nutmeg blitzed in the food processor, the resulting crumbles of which are spread on a cookie sheet and baked until toasty and crisp. These little oatmeal clusters are totally delicious, not to mention incredibly addicting. One recipe makes enough for a week’s worth of breakfasts, but my first batch only lasted about three days because I was eating the stuff by the handful. I immediately began thinking of all the variations one could make to the recipe: vanilla bean and almond, cinnamon and pecan, cocoa and cardamom…

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Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Chocolate, Recipes Tagged With: breakfast, cardamom, chocolate, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, oatmeal, recipe

Homemade Almond Butter and Cocoa-Cranberry Power Truffles

January 24, 2013 By Korena in the Kitchen 12 Comments

Cocoa-Cranberry Power TrufflesI can now officially cross an item off my list: homemade nut butter! It literally is as simple as roasting some nuts (in this case, almonds) and grinding them in a food processor until they turn into nut butter. The only reason it’s taken me this long to make it is because my former food processor was such a disappointment: it could barely purée cooked squash, let alone pulverize whole nuts. BUT, I now have a powerful new Cuisinart food processor and nut butter is fully within my realm of possibility. Yay!

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Drinks & Condiments, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: almond butter, cocoa powder, energy snacks, food, no-bake cookies, recipe

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