Raw Halloween Cookies by Russell James

FOR THE COOKIE BISCUIT

• 1 cup walnuts*
• 1 cup pecans*
• 1 cup Brazil nuts
• 1 cup raw oats
• 15 dried soft apricots, soaked 2 hrs+ and diced
• 3/4 cup lucuma
• 1/2 cup raisins
• Pinch of salt
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice**
• 2 teaspoons orange juice

*I like to soak the nuts for 4 hours, then dehydrate them before using in the recipe, to make them lighter and easier to digest.

**Mixed spice varies, depending on country and brand.  If you have pumpkin spice, use that.  Or you can use the following recipe to make your own mixed spice:

• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1. Grind the nuts in a food processor until a flour forms.
2. Blend the oats into a flour in a high-speed blender.
3. With the ground nuts in the processor, add the oat flour and start to process again, adding a few apricots at a time until the mixture binds together. If it’s not binding, you can add some of the apricot soak water too.
4. Roll out the mixture on a flat surface to the desired thickness. If mixture sticks, mill some more oats to dust the rolling pin and rolling surface with.
5. Using a cookie cutter, cut the cookies from the rolled-out dough.
6. You will need to re-form and re-roll the leftover dough to get the most from it.
7. Dehydrate cookies on a mesh sheet for 10 to 12 hours at 115 degrees F.

GREEN ICING

• 1/2 cup chopped cacao butter, melted
• 1 cup cashews
• 1/2 cup spinach juice
• 2 tablespoons xylitol
• Pinch of salt

ORANGE ICING

• 1/2 cup chopped cacao butter, melted
• 1 cup cashews
• 1/2 cup carrot juice
• 2 tablespoons xylitol
• Pinch of salt

1. Blend all ingredients except the cacao butter in a Vitamix or other high-speed blender until smooth.
2. Add the cacao butter and blend again just long enough to mix it in.
3. Transfer mixture to a piping bag and leave in the fridge long enough for it to set a little.  Decorate cookies.
4. Place cookies in the fridge to let the icing set.

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