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Apricot Kernel Honey Soap – Natural Acne Fighter

If you are new to cold process soapmaking, you may like to purchase a book and read about the serious safety issues associated with lye. A good book to start with is Susan Miller Cavitch’s “The SoapMakers Companion.” When handling lye, please use gloves and goggles and do not breathe in the fumes.
Ingredients:

5.5 oz coconut [...]

Apricot Kernels Cooking Tips

Apricot Kernels Taste
Apricot kernels that are fresh, high quality, naturally-dried, retain their full compliment of natural nutrients. This is reflected in their unusual flavor, which is why most people consider them to be a spice. As with most spices, however, the flavor may not be pleasing when consumed alone or in large quantities. One would [...]

Muesli Bar Fruit Slice

Ingredients:

1 cup dried apricots, diced,(or any mixed dried fruit)
1 cup sultanas
1 cup Craisins (dried cranberries, (optional)
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup sunflower kernels
1/4 cup apricot kernels
1/4 cup sesame seeds (optional)
1/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup (60g) butter
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk

Instructions:

Mix together oats, sunflower kernels, flour, apricots, sultanas (or dried fruit of your [...]

Honey Cardamom Mousse with Mango Gelée and Pistachio Apricot Kernel Toasts

For the mango gelée:

1 cup fresh mango puree
2 tbsp fine granulated sugar
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 gelatin leaves

For the honey mousse:

1 cup whipping cream
4 cardamom pods, bruised
Zest of ½ orange, removed in wide strip, using a vegetable peeler
Zest of ½ lemon, removed in wide strip, using a vegetable peeler
2 gelatin leaves

4 large egg yolks
[...]

Lemon, Apricot Kernel & White Chocolate Biscotti

This recipe has been adapted from “Breakfast Biscotti,” found in Nigella Lawson’s cookbook, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life.
Ingredients:

The juice and zest of 2 lemons (reserve remains for lemon water or iced tea)
1 egg
1/2 cup Caster Sugar plus 3 tablespoons
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup [...]

Fig Cake With Apricot Kernels

Ingredients:

25 good quality, dried figs
25 apricot kernels or almonds
¼ cup honey
2 tablespoons – melted, hot ghee
2 tablespoons – rose water

Instructions:

Finely chop figs.
Place them in a food processor, add honey and process until figs are smooth.
Add the ghee and rose water (acts as lubricants) in-between for easy grinding. A powerful food processor is essential for smooth [...]

Apricot Jam

This is an old Celtic recipe that doesn’t contain any artificial preservatives, but just the same it is so delicious that it won’t last long in your fridge! Ingredients:

1.5 kg apricots
juice of one lemon

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Apricot Kernel Bread

Ingredients:

shortening to grease the pan
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced apricots or loquats
1 cup water
1/2 cup juice from apricots
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 [...]

Apricot Kernel Cake

Apricot kernels have a marzipan like taste which is enhanced with cardamom and black apricots. As the Hunzas ate the apricot kernel with the flesh, this recipe uses dried organic apricots to help balance the naturally occurring nutrients.
Ingredients:

3/4 cup Kefir.
100 grams butter.
2 eggs, from pasture fed chickens.
1/2 cup of sourdough starter.
1/2 [...]

Amaretti Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups of almond flour -or- 3 cups of fresh apricot kernels, finely ground up
1 1/4 cup of baker’s sugar (superfine sugar)
3 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of almond extract
Extra sugar for dusting

Method:

Preheat oven to 300 F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a food processor [...]