Cran-orange Sweet Potaotes

My sister has an aversion to sweet potatoes.... but not these!

Bake 3 large sweet potatoes at 350 for 60-75 minutes.  (I usually cut them in chunks so they bake a bit faster and then wrap them in foil).

After they have cooled, peel the sweet potatoes.  Slice them into a casserole dish  and sprinkle liberally with dried cranberries. If you add the dried cranberries after each layer of sweet potatoes, you will have them spread nicely throughout the dish.

Orange Topping:

6 oz, orange juice concentrate
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup water
6 pitted dates
1 tsp salt

Place all ingredients in a blender or bullet.  Blend until smooth.  Pour over sweet potatoes.  Cover dish with lid or foil.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour. 

Samoa Carob Brownie Bites

These little gems are .... very yummy!  One of my taste testers said "I can hardly believe that these are carob and vegan!"  Give them a try!


Brownie Part:

In a large bowl place:

1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

Mix together with a whisk.

Either in a microwaveable bowl or a kettle place:

1/2 cup carob powder

1/2 cup carob chips

2/3 cup coconut oil

1 cup hot water

1/2 cup postum, roma, etc.

Heat together until melted  and smooth.  (Either in microwave or on stove top.)

Then add to carob mixture:

1/4 cup ground flax

2 cup natural sweetener (succanat, coconut sugar, etc)

1 T. vanilla

Mix well.  Add wet mixture to dry mixture.    Mix well.

Spoon into muffin tins lined with paper liners.  For fudgey brownies, bake 8-9 minutes at 350 degrees.  Bake a little longer if you want them to be more cakey.  There should be enough batter for 24 brownie bites.


Caramel:

In a saucepan, place:

1  can coconut milk
1 cup natual sugar

Cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes.  Add 2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. caramel flavoring (optional)

Toast 2 cups of unsweetened coconut until nicely browned.  (WATCH CAREFULLY)

Stir the coconut into caramel.


Assembly:

Spoon the caramel coconut mixture onto the brownie bites.  Drizzle with melted carob chips.  If your carob chips are too thick, thin with a teaspoon or so of coconut oil.