Thursday, March 28, 2013

Yummiest Matzah Granola

If you are like me, every year you buy a box or two of Manischewitz Magic Stars cereal for Pesach, only to find your kids spitting it out and realizing just how not yummy it is...I finally learned my lesson last year and stopped buying it, no matter how tempting it was to replace their Honey Nut Cheerios with something! I read many recipes for Matzah Granola and through trial and error came up with this perfect one-but please understand it is more of a method than a recipe, because you can add/subtract anything you like/don't like to this recipe! This is how I make it, but use the additions to customize it to your taste!

Ingredients:


  • 1 16 ounce box of matzah farfal (I use Osem)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable/canola/grapeseed oil 
  • 1/2 cup of honey
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup chopped almonds
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Line a big baking sheet with foil and coat with baking spray
  • In a large bowl combine farfal, oil, honey, salt, coconut and nuts-mix well until all coated
  • Spread mixture on baking sheet
  • Bake for 20 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon every 5 minutes to make sure mixture doesn't burn and evenly browns
  • Remove from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes
  • Add cranberries and chocolate chips
  • Store in an airtight container; will last all of Pesach, or until it all gets eaten!
Eat and enjoy!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Chametz-free Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

While many people dread Pesach for the cleaning, the lack of chametz (bread products) or the way it affects some tummies-my family looks forward to these delicious cookies! My son enjoys them more than the "regular" chocolate chip cookies I make the rest of the year-which to be honest are basically the classic Nestle recipe!! These are so easy to whip up, they get mixed in one bowl, and they bake in 10 minutes! I always double the recipe and they still don't last us the whole 8 days! Try these and let me know if your family loves them as much as I do! I hope they bring sweetness to your holiday and bring a little less grumbling to your home this week!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup potato starch
  • 2/3 cup matzah cake meal
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 oz chocolate chips (I use Leiber's)
Directions:

  • Cream together the margarine/butter and the sugar
  • Beat in the egg
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix well
  • Add the chocolate chips
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Remove to cooling rack, store in airtight container. They will be gone before they go bad!

Eat and enjoy!