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Breadfruit Cookies

Pūnana Cookies

Course Dessert
Cuisine Hawaiin
Keyword Cookies
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Author Raven Hanna and Jeremy Lutes

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups Ripe ulu (breadfruit) steamed
  • 1 cup Unsalted macadamia nuts finely chopped raw
  • 1/2 cup Unsweetened coconut dried
  • pinch Sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp Cardamom
  • Ginger jelly
  • Macadamia nut oil for pan (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Mash steamed breadfruit using a crank processor, a potato masher or a brief pulse in a blender. The resulting paste should be sticky and clumpy, like buttermilk frosting.

  2. Put the macadamia nuts, coconut, salt and cardamom in a mixing bowl and fold in the breadfruit paste, much like mixing butter into a batter until all the ingredients are well incorporated.

  3. Either wipe a cookie sheet with macadamia oil or use a non-stick cookie sheet. Take about one tablespoons of breadfruit batter and roll into a ball. Form the dough into a nest with an impression on top for the jelly. Wet hands can help form the well-structured nest. Fill the sheet with the nests about 1 to 2 inches from each other. Then add about 1/2 a teaspoon of jelly to each nest.

  4. Put the cookie sheet into the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned on the bottom and/or top. Remove and cool on a rack. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

This recipe is easy, healthy (for a dessert). Also, it is vegan and gluten free!