Recipe
Fragrant Peach Oat Cookies By Parisa Z. Ambwani, Resident since 1983 Serves 20 Preheat oven to 350-degree F. • 1 cup all-purpose flour • ½ cup oat flour • 2 teaspoons baking powder • ½ teaspoon baking soda • ½ teaspoon sea salt OR to taste • ¾ cup, sweetened butter, • cut into small pieces, softened • ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed • 2 eggs, separately, slightly beaten • 1 teaspoon high quality vanilla extract • ½ cup oat bran • ½ cup rolled oats (old fashioned oats) • 1½ cups, peaches, pitted, chopped • ½ cup raisins In a large bowl, combine and sift (all-purpose flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together). To food processor, gradually add butter and brown sugar, pulse a few times and run for 30 seconds until mixture is light. Add
eggs, one at a time and pulse after each addition until fluffy and there are no lumps. Stir in vanilla. Gradually add sifted flour mixture into eggs mixture pulse after each addition until thoroughly mixed. Lightly stir in oat bran, rolled oats, peaches and raisins. Run processor for a 30 second until just combined. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheet, 2-inch apart and bake on lower-middle oven rack for 10-12 minutes until slightly browned color. Remove from oven and place on wire-rack to cool. Note: You may use a “heavy duty stand mixer” instead of “food processor”. Holistic Journey: Parents give their children the first flowering seeds of love. That source of energy and love remains forever. © 2018 Parisa Z. Ambwani-------All rights reserved www.enlightenedrecipes.com
About Parisa Z. Ambwani: Parisa, a native of Persia who moved to Blackhawk in 1983, has a BA in Fine Arts. Deeply influenced by her mother’s cooking, she has spent three decades writing cookbooks and pairing food with her poetry, philosophy, herbs and spices, and herbal teas. Parisa’s unique cookbooks are known for their merging of useful culinary information with a clear understanding of the relationship with other human beings and with the universe. She has followed this recipe to write and photograph six books that weave her beliefs into caring words on how to live life to the fullest. Learn more by visiting her website, enlightenedrecipes.com
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