Baking Sunday

Sundays are my favorite for a few reasons: I get to sleep in, make a huge breakfast I have no time for during the week, cuddle with Schiap and bake whatever I’m craving in the moment.

Today it’s almond-meal-chocolate-chip-coconut cookies. I made these a few times at the start of winter and brought them into the office. My co-workers loved them! So, tomorrow I think they’ll be pleasantly surprised when I bring in this new batch to kick off our last week of insanity before the RL Fall 2014 Runway show…

From The Sprouted Kitchen cookbook by Sara Forte.

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/4 cups almond meal
  • 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (recipe calls for cacao nibs)
  • 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/3 cup coconut sugar (recipe calls for muscovado)
  • 1 egg
  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together almond meal, chocolate, coconut, baking powder, sea salt and coconut sugar.
  2. In a separate bowl beat egg
  3. Whisk in the coconut oil and vanilla
  4. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix well
  5. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes
  6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  7. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on baking sheet
  8. Bake until edges begin to brown, 10-12 minutes.
  9. Enjoy!

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Brooklyn Flea + Smorgasburg

Yesterday was Brooklyn Flea+Smorgasburg day. They’ve moved both events into the second floor of a warehouse at 80 North 5th St at Wythe Ave. I never really attend flea markets in the summer because they seems like more of a summer event. I’m glad we decided to go as we were pleasantly surprised to find the quality of vendors and food was the same.

A few flea finds…

1. Flux Productions is a small craft company based in Fort Green. Everything is made by hand using the highest quality leather and hardware. I fell in love with this Cork, Felt and Rubber iPad case $90

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2. I’ve seen APOTHEKE products at West Elm but I finally had a chance to stop by their booth and sample their goods. The candles are exquisite and I want every single soap bar they carry. Everything is hand made in Brooklyn using 100% soy wax fragrance and essential oils. Candles $28, Soap Bars $8

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3. It wouldn’t be a trip to Smorgasburg without Spencer sampling at least 4 food boths…he loves food! We had heard through Gothamist that the Ramen Burger was incredible so we finally tried it and its amazing! In simple terms the Ramen Burger is a burger made with ramen discs fried in sesame oil instead of bread. The patty is grilled and topped with shoyu sauce, peppery arugula and sprinkled with scallions. Yum!

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Brooklyn Flea+Smorgasburg is open Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am-6:00pm. It is held indoors through March 2014 with 120 Goods Vendors and 60 Food Vendors.