Nunnymolers

"What is a nunnymoler?", you may be asking yourself. Basically it is a thumbprint cookie, but a million times harder. According to the book, they were supposed to be called Honey Moles, but in molespeak are known as Nunnymolers. Those silly moles. 

The dough is just flour, a bit of confectioner's sugar, and 2 whole sticks of butter. So it's a lot like shortbread. 

After flattening dough into circles, you spread honey on top. Something weird happened to my honey. It froze or crystallized, maybe. Don't worry, I didn't use it! I borrowed Natalie's honey. 

Then you put one strawberry and one raspberry in the middle of each and fold it up. 

So pretty!

THEN you put a dollop of jam on top of each one. I used my mom's homemade blackberry jam :)

The recipe made exactly 12. 

They are then baked in the oven for 20 minutes. We ate them right when they came out and I burnt my tongue. Worth it. 

I didn't take any pictures after they were cooked, but they looked cute. The honey kind of oozed out of a few - next time I think I would put them on parchment paper. 

They were a lot of work, but they came out well. I think if I worked at it I could get them to look prettier too. 

One thing I don't understand is how the seasons work in this book. This recipe was in the winter section. Who has strawberries and raspberries in the winter? Maybe the moles have a greenhouse. 

Autumn Oat Favourites

I made these a long time ago, but I am finally getting my act together in the new year and getting things up on this blog!

I took all these pictures on my phone, so they are not the best quality. 

These were a basic oat cookie with coconut flakes. I got both the coconut and the oats at the hippie health store down the street from me. Hooray for bulk bins!

I substituted half the butter for coconut oil since I had some, and I figured the more coconut the better. Also, where are Redwall creatures getting all this coconut? They must trade for it overseas.
The dough is made on the stovetop by melting the butter and adding sugar, corn syrup, flour, and the other ingredients. Then it's cooled and shaped into balls which are cooked in the oven.

They spread out a lot! I wonder if it was the coconut oil, or the fact that the pan I was using sucks. 

 I pried them off the pan and they were quite good! Very thin and crispy. Only slightly burnt.

I gave some to Santa Craig when he came later that night to delivery our Christmas tree.