Here's a few recipes I made over the past 2 weeks. Enjoy!

Kitchen Sink Bars
These got the name from the fact I literally threw anything I could find in the cupboards into the mixture. It's very versatile so feel free to try your own combinations!

1 cup almond flour
2 tbsp honey
2 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
whatever nuts, seeds, dried fruit you want (totally about 1-1 1/2 cups)

Combine flour, salt and baking soda. In a separate bowl whisk together the honey and eggs and add to dry ingredients. After well mixed together, stir in the extra goodies you're using.

Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or until firm to the touch and slightly browned.

Thumbprint Christmas Cookies
These were a tradition growing up only we referred to the as "thimble cookies" and they were chuck full of flour and sugar. Here's a paleo rendition. 

1 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup coconut oil (or butter if that's your thing)
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
4 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt
(1/4 cup cocoa powder for the chocolate variety)
dates, figs, or dark chocolate for filling
nuts, dried fruit or coconut for garnish

Combine eggs, oil, honey, vanilla and salt. Add the remaining ingredients and stir until fully mixed. Split dough in half and add cocoa powder to one half to make a chocolate batch, leave the other half as is for a vanilla cookie.

Roll into small balls, about the size of a tablespoon. Place on to greased parchment paper. Use your thumb (or a thimble) to press the centre in.

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Once cooled, fill with whatever you like. I cooked down figs with water and honey until it made a jam and used that as well as melted down dark chocolate and sprinkled with coconut shavings and dried apricot.



Sesame Seed Crackers
I've been searching for a cracker replacment that doesn't use an almond or coconut flour and I found it! These are awesome and non-paleo type also LOVE them.

1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup water


Use a food processor to blend the sunflower seeds into a sort of a flour, about 2-3 minutes. Add sesame seeds to processor and pulse a few times. Remove mixture from processor and place into a bowl, stir in water.


Roll the cracker dough out between to well greased peices of parchment paper until it's a consistent thickness throughout (about 1/4 inch). Score dough lightly to make for easy cutting once crackers are cooled.


Bake at 350 until golden and crisp, depending on thickness about 20 minutes.


Christmasy Fruit and Nut Treats
I've made these 3 times since the first batch, I can't seem to keep them in the freezer long enough between Fraser and I's love for chocolate. I literally used handfuls as measurements, like most of my recipes, it's very versatile so don't feel like you need to stick too closely to this recipe.

1/4 cup honey
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 pecan pieces
1/2 cup goji berries
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dried apricot pieces
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1tsp vanilla extract
1 egg, beaten
dark chocolate

Melt honey in a large enough bowl for all ingredients. While honey is liquid, stir in all ingredients except the egg. Mix it very well until everything is sticking together, you may need to melt and add some more honey. Once well mixed, stir in egg and transfer to well greased parchment paper. Use the back of a spoon to press into a consistently 1 inch layer, be sure to make edges pressed in as well or they will burn (you could use a baking pan).

Bake at 350 for about 10-15 minutes or until edges at slightly browned and the centre is firm to touch. Let cool completely. Melt dark chocolate and drizzle generously over the entire thing. Place in freezer until frozen, or almost. Cut into desired sized pieces. I keep my squares in the freezer to ensure the stay together until Christmas (and kind of hidden) and I love frozen sweet treats!

*If they don't want to stay together (which happened for one of my batches) you could crumble the bars into bigger pieces and serve as more of a nixed fruit, nut and chocolate "granola" snack in a bowl.