Monday, April 8, 2013

Dandelion Cookies -- Part 2 of Eat Your Weeds

Last week I posted about making Chickweed Pesto out of common chickweed you can find growing in your yard.  This weekend my 5 year old grandson Aydan came over and we harvested dandelions from the yard and made Dandelion Cookies (thus, Part 2 of Eat Your Weeds).



We had to look all over the yard, in many nooks and crannies to pick a half cup of dandelion flowers.  Our neighbor's front yard is full of dandelions, but since they have used a yard service for many years (which sure doesn't seem to do much good!), I had to explain to Aydan that we can't eat those flowers, only ones that are in our yard that we know are safe.


This one was actually in a garden bed, snuggling up with some collards.

our neighbor's front yard

part of MY front yard
After we collected about 1/2 cup of dandelion flowers, Aydan helped me pull out the yellow petals, throwing the green calix parts into the compost bucket.  Then we mixed them in with 1/2 cup of oil and 1/2 cup of honey, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and 2 eggs.


We poured this wet mixture into the dry ingredients (1 cup of whole wheat flour, 1 cup of regular oats, and a pinch of salt) and Aydan stirred it all up.  We dolloped tablespoons of the cookie batter on to a greased cookie sheet.



Into the preheated 375 degree oven for about 12 minutes.


Perfect for a little picnic outside on our first warm, sunny Saturday in many a month!




Simple ingredients, using what we have in the pantry and the yard.

Linking to Tuesday Garden Party



3 comments:

tina said...

That's like the first ever dandelion recipe I've ever seen. It sounds good! And judging by your grandson's expression tastes great!

My Garden Diaries said...

This is amazing! I have never heard of these and had no idea that you could make COOKIES from them!!! Wow! I have to pass this on! Great post friend! And your little helper is adorable!!!

Manuela@A Cultivated Nest said...

So cool! Never knew you could make cookies. I'll have to give it a try.

I had to laugh about your neighbors lawn. We have neighbors that have the ChemLawn service and their lawn is no better than ours (and you know we don't do anything to ours).