Crust: 1 ¾ cups flour ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup cold butter, cut into small cubes 1 egg ¼ cup cold water

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Mix flour and sugar. Cut in butter until there is no dry flour. Stir in the egg. Add half of the water, stir it in completely, then stir in the rest of the water. Chill the dough while making the filling.

Filling: ½ cup butter ½ cup honey 2 Tbsp water ¼ cup sugar 2 cups sliced almonds

Stir all ingredients except almonds over medium heat, until butter is mostly melted and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add almonds.

Divide the dough in half and press each half into a pie or tart tin (9”-10”), pressing it partially up the sides. Pour half of the glaze into each crust.

Bake for 25 minutes.

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1 ½ lbs rhubarb, chopped into ½ in pieces ¼ cup honey 1 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp cornstarch

For the crumble topping: 1 ½ cup flour 6 Tbsp butter, cold and diced 3 Tbsp brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 375° F.

Heat the rhubarb in a pan on medium to medium low with the honey, 1 Tbsp butter, and cornstarch for about 5 minutes, until the rhubarb is glossy and everything has melted together. Transfer to an 8 ½” pie tin or square baking dish.

To make the crumble topping, place the flour and brown sugar in a bowl and rub in the butter until it is thoroughly combined, with a texture like soft crumbs.

Spread evenly over the fruit. Bake 35-45 minutes.

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4 cups apples, diced to ½” pieces with the core removed ½ cup onion, minced ½ cup orange juice ¼ cup white vinegar 2 Tbsp apple cider ½ cup brown sugar ½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp mustard seed 1/8 tsp chili powder 1/8 tsp saffron powder ¾ tsp salt

Mix all ingredients in a pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once it is boiling, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 50-60 minutes, until the liquid is reduced to a small amount of thick syrup. Remove from heat and let cool completely so that it can continue to thicken.

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4 cups dry bread, cubed small 1 cup fruit, fresh or dried, in small pieces ½ cup chopped nuts 2 ½ cups milk, cream, half & half, or a combination 3 eggs 1/3 cup sugar or brown sugar ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Grease a 9”×13” baking pan. Put the fruit in an even layer in the dish, then the bread cubes, then sprinkle the nuts evenly over it.

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Heat the milk until just before the boiling point. Allow to cool slightly.

In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Whisking constantly, slowly pour the warm milk into the egg mixture. Then pour it evenly over the bread in the baking pan.

Baked 25-30 minutes, until puffed and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean. Allow to repose for another 5 minutes.

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½ cup butter ¼ cup coconut oil ½ cup raw sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs ½ tsp baking soda ¾ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 3 cups almond meal about ½ cup cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease it.

Cut the butter into small cubes. In a medium bowl, put in the butter, coconut oil/lard, and sugars. Use a pastry cutter to mix the butter and shortening into the sugar. When it is somewhat creamy, a beater can be used to mix it to a smooth, creamy texture.

Beat in the vanilla and eggs until creamy again. Then stir in the baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

Stir in the almond meal one cup at a time. It will create a very soft, sticky dough.

Form the dough into small balls, the volume of about 2 Tbsp. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar until they are completely coated. Place the balls on the baking sheet at least 2” apart, as they spread quite a bit while baking. Gently compress the top of each ball, so it is just barely flat.

Bake for 11-13 minutes, until they are golden-brown around the edges.

Makes about 20 cookies.

Variations:

Use other spices or a mixture of spices. Use other nut flours or a mixture of nut flours. I can sometimes find a mix of almond, coconut, pecan, and walnut, which is delicious.

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2 ½ cups plain bread crumbs* ¼ cup brown sugar 4 Tbsp butter 1 lb apples ½ lb plums 1 tsp ground ginger 3 Tbsp honey 1 cup whipping cream 2 Tbsp brown sugar

Cut the butter into smaller pieces. Place breadcrumbs, butter and ¼ cup brown sugar in a non-stick pan on low heat. Cook gently while constantly stirring until the butter has all melted and it’s dark golden. Transfer into a bowl and set aside.

Core and slice the apples. Combine the apples and honey. Cook, covered, over medium heat until the apples are soft enough to easily poke through with a knife, but before they get mushy. Add the ginger. Mash the apples, or put them in a food processor on a low setting, until it is have pureed and half chunks of apple. Basically make a chunky applesauce.

Pit the plums and cut into fourths. Mash/process them in the same way.

Divide each of those ingredients into thirds.

In a glass dish, layer the ingredients. Starting at bottom: apples, plums, crumbs. Repeat to have 3 sets of layers.

Chill in the fridge until cool, even overnight.

Before serving, whip the cream with the 2 Tbsp brown sugar, and spread that over the top. Garnish with plum jam, if available.

*I made bread crumbs with a mixture of whole wheat bread and white potato bread. Basically any plain bread, biscuits, rolls, etc. will work. The easiest way to make bread crumbs is to tear up pieces of bread and process in a blender/food processor until it is all crumbs.

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Filling: 3 apples 2 tsp honey 1 lb. strawberries 1 Tbsp honey 1 Tbsp arrowroot powder pinch of salt

Topping: ¾ cup flour ¼ cup rolled oats 4 Tbsp butter 2 Tbsp sugar or brown sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp poppy seeds

Preheat the oven to 350° F.

Coat bottom of an 8” cake pan with butter.

Slice apples into cubes, removing the core. Place in a small pot with 2 tsp honey and cook, covered, over medium heat, for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, hull and halve the strawberries. Place them in a large bowl with the rest of the honey, arrowroot powder, and salt. Stir to coat the berries with powder.

Put the apple mixture in the cake pan, then the strawberry mixture.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, and poppy seeds. Cut in the butter until there are no large chunks of butter and no dry flour. Sprinkle this mixture over the fruit in the pan.

Bake for 30-35 minutes, until golden.

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Crust: ¾ cup flour ¾ cup rolled oats 1/3 cup butter ¼ cup sour cream or plain yogurt 1 ½ tsp ground ginger, minced fresh ginger, or minced candied ginger

Filling: ¼ cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp flour ½ cup sour cream ½ cup blackberries 2 Tbsp milk ¼ tsp ground cloves 1 pear, cored and sliced thinly

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Crust: Stir together the flour and oats. Cut in the butter until crumbly and there's no dry powder. Stir in the sour cream/yogurt. It should be a somewhat wet dough. Sprinkle flour in the pie tin, then dump the dough in and press it evenly onto the bottom and sides.

Filling: Mix flour and brown sugar well. Stir in sour cream, berries, milk, and cloves. Mix well and spread into the crust. Lay the pear slices over the cream.

Bake for about 45 minutes until the crust is golden brown, the edges of the pear slices are browned, and the cream is bubbling.

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5 cups of damson plums, pitted and quartered ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup flour

1 cup flour ¾ cup rolled oats 2 Tbsp honey ½ tsp salt ½ tsp cinnamon 1 egg, beaten ¼ cup butter, melted

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Stir together the plums, brown sugar, and flour. Pour into a 9” baking pan.

Stir together the flour, oats, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in the honey, egg, and melted butter. Crumble over the top of the fruit. Bake for 40 minutes.

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3 cups chopped rhubarb 2 medium apples, cored and chopped ½ cup maple syrup ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 1 cup flour 2 Tbsp brown sugar pinch of salt ¼ cup butter

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Combine the rhubarb, apple, maple syrup and nutmeg. Pour into a 8” baking pan or pie tin.

Stir together the flour, brown sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter until it is all crumby. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit.

Bake for 45-55 minutes.

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