Almond Flour "Toll House" Bars

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ADC - 08 Mar 2004 03:25 GMT

Don't make these if you are on induction or if cookies are included on your
trigger food list (if you have one) or if you can't eat just one.

And, for JC, these technically are not low carb [ ;)]
So, here goes.

1 Stick butter
1 cup Splenda
1 Egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cream
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1-2 Low-carb chocolate bar(s)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream softened butter, then add Splenda and mix until light and fluffy. Add
egg, vanilla and cream and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix almond flour, salt and baking powder, then mix into
wet mixture.
Crush or otherwise break into pieces the chocolate bar(s) and fold pieces
into the dough.
Pour into a greased baking dish (I used two 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 dishes) and bake
uncovered for 25-20 minutes.
Enjoy, buy eat them responsibly.

ADC
250/188/185

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ADC - 08 Mar 2004 23:41 GMT

Oops...forgot to add one ingredient
1 TBS Oil
Add with the other wet ingredients. Sorry

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Jenny - 09 Mar 2004 14:50 GMT

ADC,

You can cut the carbs way down by substituting a DaVinci sugar free syrup
for some or all of that very high carb cup of Splenda. I made very similar
almond cookies with the substitution and they came out fine. You might have
to bake them a little longer because of the additional moisture.

That will make the recipe low carb, but I will warn everyone that 1) they
are very high calorie 2) they are very hard to resist.

An alternative that is much lower carb is the grated coconut/splenda/protein
powder macaroon. You can throw the chopped up sugar free chocolate in them
and get nice cookie that is good, but not so good that you'll "end up in the
gutter with crumbs on your face" (and if anyone can remember who wrote the
song that line is from I'd really appreciate the reference. I couldn't find
it on Google.)

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
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> Oops...forgot to add one ingredient
> 1 TBS Oil
> Add with the other wet ingredients. Sorry

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Bob (this one) - 09 Mar 2004 15:46 GMT

> ADC,
>
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> song that line is from I'd really appreciate the reference. I couldn't find
> it on Google.)

It's from a song called "Rum by Gum" and I was in a group about 40
years ago that sang it. We were never able to find who wrote it. One
reference we found said it was originally from the Womens' Christian
Temperance Union, but if it did come from there, somebody seriously
messed with the words to make them archly funny.

Here's a snippet from
<http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Bikel_Theo/Miscellaneous/Away_With_Rum/131
080.html>

Away, away with rum by gum, with rum by gum, with rum by gum
Away, away with rum by gum, the song of the temperance union

We never eat fruit cake because it has rum
And one little taste turns a man to a bum
Oh, can you imagine a sorrier sight
Than a man eating fruit cake until he gets tight

We never eat cookies because they have yeast
And one little bite turns a man to a beast
Oh, can you imagine a sadder disgrace
Than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face

The lyrics go on a good bit longer. Check the whole song out for a
good grin.

Pastorio

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Jenny - 09 Mar 2004 19:28 GMT

Bob,

Thanks so much for tracking down that lyric! That was a song we used to sing
when we all got together with our guitars back in college in the
mid-Sixties. Obviously, the image has stayed with me for life.

I had a couple Theodore Bikel albums back then too.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm

> > ADC,
> >
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>
> Here's a snippet from

<http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Bikel_Theo/Miscellaneous/Away_With_Ru
m/131080.html>

> Away, away with rum by gum, with rum by gum, with rum by gum
> Away, away with rum by gum, the song of the temperance union
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>
> Pastorio

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don winans - 09 Mar 2004 22:11 GMT

Since the enquiry was from Jenny, she will also appreciate this one :-)

IT'S SISTER JENNY'S TURN TO THROW THE BOMB

In an anarchist's garret, so lowly and so mean
Oh, smell the pungent odor of nitro-glycerine.
They're busy making fuses, and filling cans with nails
And the little Slavic children set up this mournful wail.
Oh, its Sister Jenny's turn to throw the bomb;
The last one it was thrown by Brother Thom.
Poor Mamma's aim is bad and the Copskys all know Dad,
So it's Sister Jenny's turn to throw the bomb.

Sister Jenny took the bomb and started off.
"Oh, mind you now," said Mamma, "to blow up Templehoff."
And so the party waited, while the dawn turned into day,
And the little Slavic children set up this mournful lay
Oh it's Brother Ivanovitch's turn to throw the bomb.
Sister Jenny's gone the way of Brother Thom;
Poor Mamma's aim is bad and the Copsky's all know Dad,
So it's Brother Ivanovitch's turn to throw the bomb.

> > ADC,
> >
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>
> Pastorio

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ADC - 10 Mar 2004 00:45 GMT

thanks for the suggestion--i'll give it a try sometime. i can allow enough
carbs for the spelnda not to matter, but the syrup is appealing.

> ADC,
>
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> > 1 TBS Oil
> > Add with the other wet ingredients. Sorry

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