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Autumn Apple Crisp with Walnut Topping

17 Tuesday Oct 2017

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apples, Recipes, Walnuts

Apple Crisp - Full

INGREDIENTS

For Filling

  • 8 apples – peeled and cored and sliced into bite sized pieces
    (choose from Cortland, Empire, Spartan)
  • Juice of 1/2 lemonwrks4me_terry_tested-11
  • 1/3 cup of white sugar
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of water
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon of butter

Apple CrispFor Topping

  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup of white sugar
  • 1/4 cup of brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

Start with topping first

  1. Combine all dry ingredients together in a bowl
  2. Pour in melted butter and mix well
  3. Set aside until filling is ready

For filling

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Put diced apples into a bowl and drizzle lemon juice over top to prevent browning of apples
  3. Into a pan add butter, white and brown sugar and cinnamon
  4. Cook over medium heat mixing regularly til sugar is caramelized
  5. Add apples and coat them with sugar mixture
  6. Add water and cook til medium tender
  7. Pour mixture into an oven proof dish
  8. Sprinkle topping over top of apples
  9. Bake oven for 20-30 minutes

Remove from oven and serve with ice cream

Enjoy

Adapted from Youtube Video

 

 

 

OMG The Best Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookie EVER!

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by wrks4me in Baking, Gluten Free, Low Carb, wrks4me - Recipes

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Dark Chocolate, Sugar Substitute, Walnut Flour, Walnuts

Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have been trying everything to make a low carb, low sugar chocolate chip cookie. I’ve tried every combination of almond flour and coconut flour, even a combination of nut flours and regular flours, but couldn’t come close. So I went back to square one and started with things I like to make a great tasting, great texture and chewy and crunchy cookie. So I started making the batter and when I finished, I tasted the mixture….I realized that this might be the real thing as I enjoyed eating just the batter. Try it, I’m certain you’ll love it as much as I do. Remember nuts are used in this recipe so make sure to let people know in case they have a nut allergy.

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1 cup of finely ground walnuts (I put them in my food processor)
  • 1/4 cup of coconut flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthium gum (adds texture)
  • 1/2 cup sweetener (I use a Splenda or Truvia Baking Blend or “Fling Brand Sweetener. Note: Truvia Baking Blend and “Zing” both have sugar so choose accordingly). Others prefer Swerve or Natvia, so use your favourite sugar substitute, but make sure it’s one that’s OK for baking.
  • 1/2 cup butter (softened)
  • 1 egg (room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla
  • 2 ounces of 90% dark chocolate (chopped into small pieces)
    The darker the chocolate the less sugar (see below)
  • 1/3 cup of chopped walnut pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee (this gives a smoother flavour)
Use Dark Chocolate
Use Dark Chocolate
Has less sugar
Has less sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Put butter and sugar substitute into a food processor or into a bowl and cream together
  3. Add your ground walnuts “flour”, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, xanthium gum, instant coffee and mix until well blended
  4. Then add the wet ingredients (egg and vanilla) and blend till smooth
  5. Fold in the chocolate pieces and chopped walnuts
  6. Spoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or silicon baking sheet
  7. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the middle of the oven (because nuts can burn, check often)
  8. Remove from oven and put cookies onto a cooling rack

Note: Because these are nut based they do not have as long a shelf life as normal cookies, but they are so delicious they probably won’t say around long anyways.

Enjoy

 

Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

17 Tuesday Jan 2017

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Banana, Bananas, Chocolate Chips, Cookies, Ketogenic, Low Sugar Diet, Oatmeal, Recipes, Walnuts

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup melted Butterwrks4me_terry_tested-11
  • 1/2 cup Splenda Brown Sugar Blend or 1 cup Brown Sugar packed
  • 1/2 cup Splenda Sugar Substitute or 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 3 Cups of Rolled Oats
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 Large Riped Bananas (Mashed)
  • 1 1/2 cup Flour or Gluten Free Flour Mix
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 Teaspoons of Cornstarch
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Add mashed bananas, melted butter, rolled oats, sugar, egg and vanilla together in a bowl
  3. Mix well and let sit for 10 minutes for the rolled oats to absorb moisture
  4. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and cornstarch
  5. Add chocolate chips and walnuts
  6. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicon baking sheet
  7. Spoon out a tablespoon of cookie dough
  8. Lightly press with a fork
  9. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes
  10. Remove and let them cool on a cookie sheet

Enjoy

 

 

 

 

Low Carb Keto Fudge

04 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by wrks4me in Dessert, Low Carb, wrks4me - Recipes

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Chocolate, Coconut, Cream Cheese, Dessert, Keto Diet, Low Sugar Diet, Recipes, Walnuts

keto-fudge

Ingredients

  • Baker’s Chocolate 2 oz 57 grams
  • Cream Cheese 12 oz 340 grams (microwave 30 seconds to soften
  • Vanilla 1.5 tablespoons
  • Butter 113 grams
  • 1 cup of sweetener (different sweeteners offer different degrees of sweetness, so start with 1/2 cup and and keep addding and adjusting accordingly
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup of coconut (unsweetened)

Preparation

  1. Add butter and chocolate on low pan
  2. Stir well
  3. Add Vanilla Extract
  4. Add 1/2 cup of Sweetener
  5. In a seperate bowl add Cream Cheese
  6. Pour chocolate mixture with cream cheese
  7. Use a hand blender to mix together
  8. Fold in coconut and walnuts
  9. Put into a greased 8″ x 8″ pan
  10. Put into freezer until hardened
  11. Take out and give it 5 minutes to soften before cutting. Store in fridge

Enjoy

 

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