Treats: Compost Cookies
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
· Chocolate Ingredients
o 1/2 c Honey
o 2/3 c Butter, margarine, or lard
o 1 Egg
o 1 ts Vanilla extract -OR- peppermint extract
o 2 c Whole wheat flour
o 1/3 c Cocoa powder
o Grape-nuts(tm) cereal
· Gingerbread Ingredients
o 1/4 c Honey
o 1/4 c Molasses
o 2/3 c Butter or margarine, or lard
o 1 Egg
o 2 1/3 c Whole wheat flour
o Ginger, cinnamon, cloves - to taste - (maybe 1/2 tsp each)
o Grape-nuts(tm) cereal
· Mix-ins
o Coconut; (worms)
o Chocolate chips
o Butterscotch chips
o Peanut butter chips
o Spaghetti or ramen noodles - cooked - (worms)
o Corn
o Peanuts
o "puffy pastel things" -find at Chinese restaurants
NOTE: "puffy pastel things are to look like styrofoam packing pellets-I haven't tried thisRecipe
1. Microwave the honey till it bubbles (about 1 minute)
2. Add the butter, (I've been told using lard makes for a more realistic texture and softer
cookie) and the molasses, if any
3. Add the egg
4. Mix well
5. Then mix in all the other stuff
6. Add mix-ins of your choice to some or all of the batter.
7. Chill 1 hour in the freezer or several hours in the fridge
8. Roll dough logs of random length
9. Roll logs in grape- nuts
10. Bake at 350 degrees till done (maybe 10 to 15 minutes but with my flaky oven you
never know).
11. Serve in a box on a bed of grapenuts, with a clean sand box shovel.
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