Michelle shared a no bake cookie bar recipe for the South Arm Older Adults Community Kitchen.

These No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars has to be refrigerated and serve right out of the fridge.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup raisins (or dried cranberries)
• 1/2 cup ground flaxmeal, flaked coconut, hemp seed or nuts

Source: this recipe is adapted from website New Nostalgia

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The South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors also made cookies for the fundraiser sale for the food bank. This is another recipe which I missed to photograph the steps. These…

For dessert, the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors made some Chai Spiced Almond Cookies to complete the Indo-Canadian inspired meal.

These Chai Spiced Almond Cookies are similar to Mexican Wedding Cookies. They are good with tea.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup finely chopped toasted almonds
• 1 cup powdered sugar for rolling

Source: this recipe is adapted from Bon Appetit

Prep time: 20 minutes;  Bake time: 20 to 25 minutes;  Yields 20 cookies

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The last item which Erika shared with us is a cookie filled with dulce de leche called Alfajor.  Erika made this cookies for his son’s school party and it was a hit.  Many parents asked for the recipe.  Dulce De Leche is a caramel like spread that can be made by simmering sweetened condensed milk in the can for hours.  But, we are very lucky that we can find them in jars in Real Canadian Superstore for about $3.

The Dulce De Leche Cookies (Alfajor) is very delicate and they just melt in your mouth with the caramel sweetness lingering in the mouth.  I enjoyed the cookies very much as I have sweet tooth.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup of corn starch (or more)
• 225 gm unsalted butter
• 6 tablespoons confectioners sugar
• Dulce de leche (manjarbalnco) for filings

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For the dessert, Minoo made some Crisp Seedy Oatmeal Cookies in the Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchen.

This Crisp Seedy Oatmeal Cookie will satisfy anyone.  It has a variety of seeds like sunflower seed and water melon seeds.  The original recipe has pumpkin seeds instead of the water melon seeds. This cookie is great for snack or lunch box.  This recipe yields 42 cookies.

The puffed rice cereal in the cookies make them a bit chewier than my preference.  I would leave out the puffed rice cereal in these cookies as I find that the baked rice cereal kind of sticks between my teeth.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (250ml) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (250ml) packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon (5ml) vanilla
• 2 cups (500ml) quick-cooking (not instant) rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups (375ml) puffed rice cereal (such as Rice Krispies)
• 1/2 cup (125ml) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup (125ml)  whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup (50ml) unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup (50ml) water melon seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon (2ml) baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon (2ml) baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon (1ml) salt

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Minoo shared two recipes in the South Arm Community Kitchen. One of the recipe is Oatmeal Cookies. For once, I thought I already have this recipe in chowtimes and I…

Charlene also demonstrated some Holiday Cutout Cookies in the Peach Mennonite Church Community Kitchen. This is a fun session as everyone can participate in rolling out the dough, cutting out the cookies, and decorate the cookies.

Above are some samples of the decorated Holiday Cutout Cookies.

Ingredients:

For cookies:

• refer Raspberry Diamonds

For Icing:

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2-3 tablespoons water

For decoration:

• food coloring
• sprinkles

Tool:

• cookies cutters

Click on Read More for the instructions.

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