"Timbit" truffles
Submitted by AVL on December 22, 2009 - 1:52pm
While your SAD friends are enjoying their coffee and Timbits from Tim Hortons, make them jealous with this raw vegan version of doughnut holes.
Ingredients:
Truffles:
3 cups of pecans or walnuts
20 pitted dates (make sure they are soft, like Medjool
dates)
2/3 cup cacao or carob powder
1 tsp almond extract
1 pinch of salt (optional, I don't tend to use it)
Decorations:
coconut shavings (I put them in the food processor to make them very fine)
pecan or walnut powder (I just save some
from when I process them to make the truffles)
cacao or carob powder
carob chips
almond butter
Preparation:
1. Place the pecans or walnuts in the food processor, and process until the powder looks like sand
2. Add the cacao/carob powder, the dates, the vanilla extract and the
salt
3. Mix until the ingredients have formed a dough
4. Take a small amount of dough and roll it in your hands
5. Decorate your truffles with coconut shavings, pecan/walnut powder, cacao/carob powder, carob chips, or
drizzles of almond butter
6. Place your truffles on a plate or platter covered with Saran Wrap (so they don't stick to the plate) and put them in the fridge (for a couple of hours) or freezer (for 30 minutes) until they get a bit firmer.
7. Keep your truffles in the fridge or
freezer until you eat them.
ENJOY!
