Sweets & desserts from the 5 elements kitchen

Ginger-oat cookies

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Ingredients:
120 g Butter or coconut fat (E)
120 g brown sugar (E)
120 g maple syrup or palm honey (E)
1 packet of vanilla sugar (E)
60 g oat flakes (M)
1 teaspoon of grounded cardamom (M)
1,5 teaspoons of grounded ginger (M)
1 pinch of salt (Wa)
0,25 teaspoon of baking soda (Wo)
0,25 teaspoon of natron (Wo)
120 g of spelt flour (Wo)
0,5 teaspoon of cocoa or carob powder (F)

Melt butter with sugar and maple syrup and let it cool off a little bit. Then add the rest of the ingredients and let the dough rest for 15 minutes. Make small heaps of it on the baking tray and let it bake for about 10 minutes at 180°C.
   

Spekulatius á la Monika

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500 g spelt flour (Wo)
2 level teaspoons of baking soda (Wo)
250 g brown sugar (E)
1 packet of vanilla sugar (E)
2 good pinches of clove and caradamom (M)
1 level teaspoon of cinnamon (M)
2 eggs (E)
200 g butter, margarine or coconut fat (E)
100 g grounded almonds (E)
1 pinch of salt (Wa)
1 good pinch of cocoa powder  (F)

Mix the ingredients to form a ball and let it rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Roll out and cut out. Put in the preheated oven (180° C) for more or less 10 – 15 minutes.
   

Sweet buckwheat pancakes

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5 elements cooking sweet buckwheat pancakesIngredients:
6 tablespoons of buckwheat flour (fire), ½ tablespoon of cocoa (fire), 1 egg (earth)
2 tablespoons of  maple sirup or honey (earth), 1 pinch of cinnamon (metal),
rice milk (metal) and water (water) in equal proportions, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (wood)

Mix a thick dough from all the ingredients and bake small pancakes. You can add a tablespoon of linseed or elder blossoms if you like.