SPROUT RAW FOOD

Pumpkin Treats

By Jackie Graff

Living Food Feast from Sprout Raw Food

Yields 24-26 "Cookies"

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pecans
• 1 cup walnuts
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ cups medjool dates, seeds removed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup finely grated pumpkin
• ½ cup pumpkin seeds

Advance Preparation:

1. Separately, wash pecans, walnuts and pumpkin seeds, soak for 12 hours, drain, dehydrate for 12 hours at 95º Fahrenheit.

Steps:

1. Place all ingredients except pumpkin and pumpkin seeds in a food processor and process well.
2. Remove small amounts of cookie dough, approximately one inch round.
3. Roll dough into a ball and roll into finely grated pumpkin, covering until the ball is orange.
4. Decorate the "pumpkin" with pumpkin seeds:  Press one on top for the stem, two for the eyes, and one for the mouth.