Recipe: Blonde Macaroons (food processor and dehydrator)

BLONDE MACAROONS
"These are incredibly easy to make and are amazing when dipped in Chocolate. Eating them straight out of the dehydrator is the raw version of eating cookies straight out of the oven . . . Betcha can't eat just one!"



3/4 cup cashews, not soaked
1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup Grade B maple syrup
2 1/2 Tbsp coconut butter
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp sea salt
Process cashews in a food processor until ground.

Transfer the processed cashews to a mixing bowl, add the shredded coconut and mix to combine.

Add the remaining ingredients to the food processor and process until smooth. Add these to the cashew-coconut mixture and mix well to combine.

Using an ice-cream scoop* or your hands, form the mixture into 10 balls and place them directly on a mesh dehydrator tray.

Dehydrate for 3 to 4 hours until a hard outer layer forms.

*If you dip the ice-cream scoop or your hands in some water when forming the macaroons, you will prevent the mix from sticking to you or the scoop.

Makes 12 macaroons
Used by permission to Recipelink.com from Random House
Adapted from source: Rawlicious at Home by Angus Crawford and Chelsea Clark