5 Guilt Free Desserts that you can Innocently Enjoy

3. Dairy-Free Chocolate & Nut Cookies (Recipe from JamieOliver.com)

Jamie Oliver calls this “An amazing cross between crunchy cookies and gooey brownies” – you don’t need to say much else to get busy baking.

Total Time: 20 mins plus cooling  Makes: 20 servings

Ingredients:

150 g pecan nuts
150 g hazelnuts
400 g icing sugar
100 g cocoa powder
½ a teaspoon fine sea salt
1 tablespoon vanilla paste
4 large free-range eggs

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 160ºC/325ºF/gas 3. Line two large baking trays with greaseproof paper.

2. Toast the nuts in a large frying pan over a medium heat for a few minutes, or until golden. Leave to cool, then roughly chop.

3. Sieve the icing sugar, cocoa powder and salt into a large bowl, then add the chopped nuts and vanilla paste.

4. In another bowl, separate the egg whites (save the yolks for another day), then whisk for 3 to 5 minutes, or until soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the dry mixture until combined.

5. Scoop ½ a tablespoon of the mixture onto one of the prepared trays, then repeat with the remaining mixture, making sure you leave a rough 4cm gap between each spoonful (you may need to do this in batches if your trays aren’t big enough).

6. Place in the hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp on the outside, but still slightly gooey in the middle.

7. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

4. Pear & Blueberry Crumble (Recipe from Goodness.com.au)

Warm desserts are great to follow a scrumptious dinner and work just as well as a dessert snackon its own. We can’t wait to savour the natural sweetness of the fruits used in this charming dish.

Prep Time: 15 mins  Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients:

Fruit Filling

4 ripe medium pears, peeled and diced
1 cup frozen organic blueberries
1 tbsp Organic Brown Rice Syrup
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp Organic Cinnamon Powder
Pinch of Organic Nutmeg Powder

Crumble Topping

1/2 cup Organic Shredded Coconut
1/2 cup Organic 5 Grain Goodness
1/3 cup Pecans, roughly chopped
1/3 cup Organic Raw Almonds, roughly chopped
1/4 cup Organic Natural Almond Meal
1/4 cup Organic Coconut Oil, melted
1 tbsp Organic Brown Rice Syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat a fan-forced oven to 170°C and place 4 standard dessert ramekins on a baking tray.
2. Place the cubed pear, brown rice syrup. lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small saucepan over medium heat and stir well to combine.
3. Cook for around 5 minutes, stirring often just until pear has softened. Take off the heat and stir in the frozen blueberries.
4. Distribute the pear and blueberry mixture evenly into the 4 ramekins (approximately 3/4 cup each).
5. To make the crumble, add all of the crumble topping ingredients to a food processor. Process until just combined, so that the nuts have broken down a little further but are not finely ground (this is to keep a delicious chunky texture!)
6. Evenly sprinkle the crumble mixture over the top of each pear-filled ramekin.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes in the oven, or until topping is beautifully golden.
8. Serve warm with a generous dollop of dairy-free coconut milk yoghurt.