Man, am I missing raw MaraNatha Sesame Tahini...it hasn't been on the shelf in any health food store for quite a few months now. This is a product that had been recalled, and they still haven't re-released it (as far as I know); so still, no "MaraNatha Sesame Tahini" on the nut butter shelf.
I miss my raw "cookie dough". It's meant to be eaten "raw" (unheated, undehydrated). It really tastes like raw "cookie dough," and it doesn't have the refined sugar, white flour, raw eggs...and whatever else is put in the usual variety of cookie dough.
Rawbecca's Cookie Dough:
- 1/2 cup MaraNatha Organic Raw Sesame Tahini
- 2 pinches celtic sea salt or himalayan salt
- 3 TBSP raw (preferrably local) honey
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (optional...negligibly raw)
Blend ingredients with a spoon. Optional: mix in a small bit of warm water to "thin out" the mixture, if the dough-paste is too thick for your taste (I actually do recommend this if you are using it for an apple dip).
The "cookie dough" is great to eat by itself, also great on fruit...like apple slices. Mmmm...
Be careful though, this stuff is really dense/heavy food; if you're not careful you could send yourself into a "food coma" that so many of us (unfortunately) are familiar with.
This recipe makes enough to serve 2-3 people...I wouldn't recommend eating more than half of the end-product. I know it's good, my friends...just go easy.
So, now you and I will be twiddling our thumbs, waiting for MaraNatha to get their tahini back on the shelf. You know how excited I will be. My kids love the stuff...and I think it's really great food. By the way...I have no question that they will get it together as far as the safety of their product after this last recall.
I've tried other tahini's, and they just aren't cutting it for me; The taste is entirely different. So, I guess we will wait...and put some positive mental energy on bringing this tahini back into fruition and onto the store shelf!
Here is a link to the recall information if you're curious:
http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/nspired/maranatha/recallalert.d2w/report
