What I [Made] Wednesday
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I was in a bit of a funk yesterday. I’m not sure why, I was just feeling a little off. So I invited a friend over for dinner, and offered to bring the leftovers to a couple other friends. Sometimes, I just need to get in the kitchen. I spent some time searching the internet for a recipe, and I found this one from Angela @ Oh She Glows. Easy Creamy Tomato Barley Risotto. PERFECT.
I ignored three details:
1. I’d never cooked barley before
2. I’d never cooked risotto before
3. I was now making a vegan dinner for a dude
What was I thinking? I don’t know. Moving on.
Angela’s recipe is pretty easy to follow, so I followed it exactly closely… except I left out the miso, used fresh basil, and doubled it.
So how was it? Oh, it was fantastic.
Go check out the recipe here. That girl has some amazing recipes!
But no meal is complete without dessert.
And I had one thing on my mind:
Pecan Butter.
If I had been smart, I would have googled a recipe for pecan butter cookies. But I wasn’t in the mood to follow directions. So after a lot of trial and error (you should have seen the errors) I think I came up with a pretty good Pecan Butter Cookie recipe!
Pecan Butter Cookies
- 1 cup of pecan butter (or 2 cups of pecans, tossed into the vita mix, until smooth)
- 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup granulated sugar + extra for rolling
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
So I blended the pecans in the vita mix until they turned into “butter” then I added the coconut oil, egg and sugar into the blender. (I figured, I might as well let it do some of the mixing for me!)
Then I scooped it out, and added the cinnamon, salt and flour. Roll it into balls, and coat with sugar. They will feel a little oily. Flatten them down into cookie shapes (because they don’t really spread) and bake in an over at 350 for about 10 minutes.
Aren’t they cute? Actually, they’re not all that pretty, but they ARE tasty.
Hi there–SO funny – we both made barley risotto last night — if you liked that — you’ll love this too! Nice – blog meet you — so funny we were cooking similar items yesterday!!
http://thehinzadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/barley-risotto-w-asparagus-and-parmesan.html
Haha that’s so crazy! I’ll definitely have to check out your recipe!
Wow, pecan butter cookies? Those sound divine! I’ve made almond butter cookies before so I’m gonna try these next.
I wanna make walnut butter soon so I think I’m going to come up with a recipe for walnut butter cookies!
I love that Risotto recipe. Make it quite often 😀
Pecan butter is my second favorite nut butter, so I would really like to try one of those cookies!
If you like pecan butter you’d love these cookies! They’re pretty dang good! 😉
Oh, I have been spotting that barley risotto for ever! It looks so good, and Im in love with barley!
Those cookies sounds awesome too! im actually eating pecan butter 8off the spoon 😉 ) this very minut 😀 So good!
That dinner looks & sounds like it was amazing! OhSheGlows always has great recipes.
Those cookies sound so perfect. I’m gonna have to pick up some pecans and get to bakin’! :] I would suggest making Nutella cookies next.. they are wonderful!
Ohh I’ve tried nutella muffins, but I’ve never tried making cookies! I’ll have to do some testing 🙂
Pecan cookies SIGN ME UP! they look amazing. I’ve just discovered my love for pecans and I’m pretty excited about this recipe.
Haha so impressed!! I want this entire meal. Maybe I’ll make this for my bf….anything approved by a guy is usually delicious!
I waited until AFTER they said they loved it, to tell them that it was vegan 😉
I’ve been eyeballing that recipe on Angela’s site for a while now – risotto is one of my faves, but it’s intimidating to make! Those cookies look awesome too ~ I’m addicated to nut butters, but pecan butter is one I haven’t had before.
It honestly wasn’t even hard to make! And it came out SO delicious! If you love nut butter you HAVE to try pecan butter! It’s more sweet instead of salty!
Dinner sounds fabulous, but I’m gonna have to side with dessert on this one 😉 I loooove nut butter cookies, and those look delicious. What’s next? Hrm. Coconut butter cookies? Chocolate almond butter cookies? Cashew butter cookies? Possibilities are endless 😀
Oh my lanta. Those cookies sound amazing. I’ve never had pecan butter! Send me some? 😉