What it is

This will be a place for dispatches from the dust. Hoping for a space to combine some of my worlds. It might be things I have discovered in the sawdust ridden shop or flour covered kitchen. One of the reasons I started to carve was because I spent a lot of time in the kitchen baking. It seemed reasonable that being a baker, I could use my hands to make things from wood that I could use back in the kitchen.

The first one will be a sharing of a favorite recipe. Carrot cake truffles. Not really true truffles because they are vegan and don’t actually have any chocolate. But they are still good ones.

1 c chopped or grated carrots
1 c almond flour
7-8 large pitted medjool dates 
1/4 c shredded or desiccated coconut plus more 🥥 for enrobing 
1 t cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1 healthy T honey
1 healthy T almond butter or peanut butter
Water to consistency
Handful of raisins 

Pulse all ingredients minus water and raisins in a food processor until a dough like consistency has been reached. Add water if dry. Toss in handful of raisins and blitz or stir by hand. Roll into balls and enrobe in coconut and or cinnamon sugar.

If you get around to making these, share them if you’d be so kind…both with people you like and online. Use #VHWWrecipes so we can keep track of all the good wood times.

cheers