This is a great recipe to create with your toddler! Miss Mia was able to pick the flowers, rip them apart, measure the flour and oatmeal, break the eggs and mix everything together. Even better was that she enjoyed eating the yummy result of her labor!
I will admit, I won't "crave" these cookies, but I will make them again. They smell great when they are baking, are chewy and are just sweet enough to be a treat. Plus, it's always fun to tell people they are eating the one plant with which most people are at war!
Dandelion Cookies
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup unbleached flour
1 cup (dry) oatmeal
1/2 cup dandelions
- make certain dandelions picked have not been subjected to any type of lawn treatments (or 'treatments' from your pets)
Tear dandelions apart. For this recipe, you will only use the yellow flower part, none of the green outer edges. There were enough dandelions in my pan for a triple batch of cookies, so if you have large dandelions, you won't need too many!
Preheat oven to 375. Blend applesauce and honey. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gently stir in both the flours and the oatmeal as well as the dandelions.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes.
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I'll have to bookmark this to try sometime. It looks interesting. Of course, our neighbors keep our yard free of dandelions, so I'll have to borrow someone else's :)
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