Santa's Panforte

This nut and dried fruit chunky, sweet and chewy treat I assure you is highly addictive. The little bites will keep at room temperature for up to three months if wrapped well in plastic wrap and up to a year if kept in the fridge I am told by Zel Allen, the author of Vegan for the Holidays , from which book this recipe is adapted. This means you could get a jump start on your Christmas baking and I foolishly thought that if I made up a batch back in September, I would have some left over for Christmas. Uh, no. They didn't last for even a month, especially as I had friends and family around to enjoy them too. Darn, I'll just have to make them again.

Though a great holiday treat, I assume you must have them reachable all year around for a fast and surely as a substitute wholesome snack. When site visitors drop with the aid of, you may not must fuss and hassle, however just serve up some squares of this heavenly bark.

I also pretty advise Ms. Allen's ebook for creative and particular answers for vacation food that are sure to please absolutely everyone. It often can be difficult to give you special meals at vacation time that us pesky vegetarians and vegans will enjoy in order to also please the carnivores at the table too, but this e book, that I even have written about before, no longer only makes it smooth but especially fun.

More ideas for excursion treats from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:

Walnut Nanaimo Bars

Chocolate Cocoa Brownies with Dried Cranberries and Chickpea Flour

Chocolate Nut Butter No Bake Fudge

Rum Balls

On the top of the reading stack: Simply Satisfying by Jeanne Lemlin