Chocolate School Muffins Again -- This time with a soupçon of orange ...

Chocolate muffins are the clear and ahead leaders when it comes to my son's taste buds. Here's a riff on the original chocolate school muffin. Next time, I think I'll skip the black sesame ....

ingredients:

1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil (organic and unrefined)

1 cup pitted honey dates

2 cups hot water

1 tbsp vanilla extract

4 eggs

1/2 cup raw cacao

1 tbsp ground vanilla bean

1tsp ceylon cinnamon

1/2 tsp sea salt
10 drops orange essential oil
1/8 tsp stevia powder

4 tbsp ground chia seeds

1/2  cup ground pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup of ground sunflower seeds

1/2 cup hemp seeds 

1/4 cup ground flax

1/4 cup ground black sesame seeds

1 cup shredded coconut -- ground

1/2 tsp baking soda

directions:

1. combine the dates, coconut oil, and hot water. Let sit for 10 minutes. Then, puree with an immersion blender. Alternately, you can use a food processor, or a regular blender.

2. add the cacao, vanilla, salt, ground chia seeds, ground pumpkin seeds (or sunflower seeds), hemp seeds, ground flax, ground seseame seeds and blend again

3. add the baking soda and blend

4. add the eggs and blend

4. stir in the ground shredded coconut

5. scoop into prepare muffin cups and bake at 345 for 45 minutes

Banana Babycakes for Schools

More overripe bananas. This time, these babycakes are good for school. I took 4 over when I went to see my friend Karen. She inhaled them and pronounced them as tasting just like banana bread.

1 cup very ripe banana
2 cups   water

1/2 cup coconut nectar
4 tbsp coconut oil

4 eggs

4 tbsp ground chia seeds

1 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp ground vanilla bean
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
1 tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup ground hemp hearts
1 cup ground shredded coconut
1 cup ground sunflower seeds



1/2 tsp baking soda


directions:

preheat the oven to 345

1. combine the banana, warm water, coconut nectar, and coconut oil using a hand blender (or by hand)
2. add the eggs and mix well
3. add the chia seed, sea salt, vanilla bean, vanilla extract and cinnamon
4. add the hemp hearts, shredded coconut, and ground sunflower seeds, followed by the baking soda
5. scoop the batter into prepared muffin cups, and bake at 345 for 45 minutes

makes 24 babycakes