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I do know how to bake a pretty good oat cookie using essential oils (EO) for flavour.
Cooking/baking with essential oils
I was hesitant at first about ingesting essential oils. There are plenty of warnings out there telling you not to.
Obviously, please do your own research.
I only trust doTERRA essential oils. I love their sourcing policy and how they support the growers and distillers.
More info here
https://www.doterra.com/US/en/blog/healthy-living-buying-from-trusted-sources
As for ingesting oils - I would trust these EO far more than synthetic flavourings available in my local supermarket baking aisle.
Quality and purity aside, the taste is fresher, cleaner and a little goes a long way.
A lot of the advice on ingesting essential oils is based on out of date practices, where the oil was often blended to make it go further and /or there was no guarantee of purity and being free of pesticide contamination.
NOT ALL essential oils are suitable for ingestion. doTERRA label those that are - always check the label AND NEVER buy from the internet.
If you need help sourcing pure, guaranteed oils, please drop me a message and I will happily help you. The oils on Amazon and other sites are often mixed with fillers and then resealed.
I often double or even triple the basic recipe.
Here is a video reel of how to make the cookies
So how much EO to add?
That will depend on a few factors
Quantity of recipe
EO used
Your personal taste
This is a great graphic that was shared with me from The Story of Our Oily Life on FB.
I have this printed, laminated and stuck inside my kitchen cupboard door.
When I double the recipe I tend to use about 12 drops of lemon and 4 drops of ginger for my ginger and lemon cookies.
It is worth remembering that the citrus oils tend to run out of the bottle fast - I had a very lemony fruit loaf last week due to fast oil.
With the spice oils I tend to use less drops, but I often just go with how I feel.
The taste with EO is much sharper and cleaner, you only need to use a little.
Keep an 👁️ out for updated recipes as I try and keep track each week of the different mixes I play with.
You might also like to have a 🔎 in my FB group for more oily inspired recipes.
Not got FB?
Don't worry, I am in the process of bringing all the important stuff over here.
The blog is much easier for you to search and just see what you want, when you want.
You can even opt out of receiving any essential oil posts if you are just here for the yoga, meditation, soul chat. (you might have to bear with me as I work out how to do that setting - or maybe you will find it before me and share here in the comments)
To get you started here are some great ideas
On Guard - yes I was sceptical but this oil has proved very popular in cookies, cakes and popcorn
Cinnamon - baking classic
Cassia - similar to cinnamon but I think it is slightly sweeter. It is also cheaper than Cinnamon oil 🙂 and can be used in place of cinnamon
Ginger - on it's own or mixed with lemon, 😋 yum
Any of the citrus oils individually or combined, choose from Lemon, Lime, Wild Orange, Tangerine 🍋🍊
Cardamom - not everyone's favourite
Caraway - ooh Goosnargh cakes anyone?
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What would you use?
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