Practically Raw Desserts by Amber Shea Crawley is filled with easy recipes for scrumptious cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, puddings, candies, pastries, frozen treats, and more. Chef Amber Shea’s raw treats are totally free of dairy, eggs, gluten, wheat, soy, corn, refined grains, refined sugars, yeast, starch, and other nutrient-poor ingredients. Many recipes are also free of oils, nuts, and added sugars.
The title “Practically Raw” is a play on words, as Amber’s recipes are practical because they’re easy to make and don’t require fancy equipment or weird ingredients, and they’re practically raw because directions for using an oven are included where applicable for those who don’t have dehydrators. Most recipes also list ingredient substations, recipe various and chef’s tips. The recipes are easy to follow and don’t require to much time to make, so they’re great for raw food newbies and people who say they’re not good at baking, but they’re interesting and creative enough for kitchen veterans to enjoy.
If you think raw “baking” is just for hot summer months, think again! There are plenty of drool worthy fall treats in Practically Raw Desserts, such as Deep-Dish Caramel Apple Pie, Pecan Chai Spice Bars, Austrian Sacher Torte, Dark Chocolate Truffle Tart with Macaroon Crust, German Chocolate Cake, Maple Streusel Coffee Cake Squares and Pecan Shortbread Cookies. There are even recipes for cookies, candies and bars that could fill holiday treat boxes for gift giving such as Marzipan Buckeye Bars, Salted Tahini Caramels, Sugar Cookie Cutouts, Russian Tea Cakes, Turtle Bites and Classic Cacao Truffles.
The contest is over. Congratulations to Camille!
We’re giving away a copy of Practically Raw Desserts this week. To enter to win, leave a comment on this post telling us what your favorite dessert is. To increase your chances of winning, in addition to leaving your initial comment, you can do any or all of the following, and leave a separate comment here for each that you do:
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A winners will be chosen at random. Contest ends on Sunday, October 13th at midnight, EST. US residents only please. Good luck!
Loooove chocolate in practically everything, especially cake.
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Favorite desert is vegan banana ice cream!!
MMmmml, brownies!
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Any dessert with PUMPKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite dessert is usually anything with chocolate. I would love to try more raw desserts. The best dessert I ever had was during a raw foods class where we made fruit pie. Delicious!
I love berry/rhubarb pies or galettes.
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love my vegan chocolate cheesecake,
My favorite dessert? Where to begin?! I love them all – brownies, cakes, anything chocolate…
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favorite vegan dessert- hard to choose but i love vegan peanut butter chocolate brownies
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My fave dessert is vegan cashew ice cream. Delicious!
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My fave dessert, raw and vegan, is No-Bake Pumpkin Pie Cookies. So good with the dates, pumpkin and walnuts! I can never eat just one, and my kids have been known to sneak a few as well! Caught in the cookie jar!
Glad to know you guys are on pinterest too! Following now. 🙂
Tiramisu is my favorite dessert but I also love chocolate turtles!
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My favorite dessert is key lime pie!
Black bean brownies.
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Tried to follow vegan heritage press on pinterest but got an error 🙁
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Love Vegan pancakes! And they only take 5 mins to make! Already follow chic vegan on Facebook!