Amaranth Walnut Cookies With Brandy Food

AMARANTH-WALNUT COOKIES WITH BRANDY

Steps:

• 1 Place the 4 ounces of walnuts and 2 tablespoons of the sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until the mixture looks sandy and the nuts are finely ground, about 15 seconds.
• 2 Whisk together the white whole wheat flour, amaranth flour, and salt in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, beat the butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 30 seconds. Gradually add the remaining sugar and beat until fluffy and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping the sides with a rubber spatula as needed. Add the egg yolk, brandy, and vanilla and beat until well blended, about 30 seconds. Reduce the speed to low and beat in the nut mixture, then gradually add the flour mixture until it is just incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill until the dough is firm, at least 3 hours or overnight.
• 3 Place a rack 1 notch below the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Line 2 large rimless baking sheets with parchment paper. Place the amaranth seeds in a small bowl.
• 4 Pinch off walnut-size pieces of the firm dough and roll them between your palms into smooth 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in amaranth seeds, gently pressing to adhere if needed, and place on the baking sheet, leaving 2 inches between pieces. Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each ball, gently pressing it down about a third of its height, and then lightly press a walnut half into the center.
• 5 Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until the cookies just turn golden brown around the edges and firm up but still yield to gentle pressure, 17 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully slide the parchment paper with the cookies onto a wire rack to cool. The cookies will crisp as they cool.

AMARANTH GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a large baking sheet.
• Bring water and amaranth to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until amaranth is tender and water has been absorbed, about 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool amaranth to room temperature.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat 1 egg into creamed butter mixture until smoothly incorporated; repeat with second egg. Add amaranth, oats, ginger, and walnuts to creamed butter mixture and beat until mixed.
• Stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture until dough is just combined. Drop dough by the teaspoonful onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned on top, about 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from oven and allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

PEANUT BUTTER AND AMARANTH COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine water and amaranth together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until water is absorbed and amaranth grains are fluffy, about 20 minutes. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat cooked amaranth and peanut butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in sugar until completely dissolved. Add butter to amaranth mixture and mix; stir in egg until smooth.
• Whisk all-purpose flour, pastry flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to amaranth mixture, stirring until the dough starts to come away from the sides of the bowl.
• Form dough into small balls and place 2-inches apart on a baking sheet. Dip a fork into flour and press dough balls with fork to flatten.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 3 to 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

BRANDY LACE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°f.
• Lightly grease and flour cookie sheets.
• In small saucepan combine sugar, margarine, and corn syrup.
• Bring to boil over medium heat.
• ,stirring constantly.
• Remove fom heat.
• Stir in flour, pecans and brandy.
• Drop 12 evenly spaced half teaspoonfuls of batter onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake 6 minutes or until golden.
• Cool 1 to 2 minutes until cookies can be lifted but are still warm and pliable; remove with spatula.
• Curl around handle of a wooden spoon;slide off when crisp.
• If cookies harden before curling, return to oven to soften.
• If desired, drizzle with melted chocolate.
• If time is limited, curling of the cookies is optional.

AMARANTH WALNUT PATTIES

Steps:

• Cream the chickpean rice miso in the 1 tbsp of water
• Bring water, amaranth, and salt to boil. Cover then simmer on Med high for 20 minutes or until all water has evaporated. Transfer cooked amaranth into mixing bowl and allow to cool.
• Combine remaining ingredients, except oil, amaranth and blend thoroughly. Mixture should hold patties together.
• Add oil to large heated skillet.
• Form amarnth into 8 medium-sized patties and brown on medium high for 8 to 10 minutes on each side.