Tricky Tacos
- Taco Shells:
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1½ tsp unsalted butter, softened
- Aluminum foil
- Sweet "Meat" Filling:
- ¼ cup Bean Appétit Flour Blend (see dish tips)
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp packed light brown sugar
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tsp milk
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips
- Taco Toppings:
- 1 piece green fruit leather
- 1 slice of peach
- 1 strawberry
Make the shells:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Shake your hips and get ready to mix! Stir the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Then whisk in the vanilla and egg. Mix lightly until smooth, then fold in the butter. Let chill for 5 minutes in the freezer.
Ladle the cookie dough into 3 circle shapes about 3 inches apart on a baking sheet line with parchment paper.
Bake for 5 to 6 minutes, until golden brown.
While the cookies are baking, scrunch some aluminum foil into a log shape, about 12 inches long and 1 inch thick.
After the cookies have cooled for 1 minute, you must move fast! Have an adult help you drape a warm cookie over the foil log. Repeat with the remaining cookies. Once the cookies are cool, remove the foil carefully. You've just magically tranformed the cookies into a taco shells.
Make the "meat" filling:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Wink to each other, as if to let them in on the secret that you're about to trick someone. Combine the flour blend, cocoa powder, brown sugar, and baking powder in a mixing bowl. Then add the olive oil, vinegar, water, and milk and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spray a mini muffin pan and pour in the cake batter. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean.
Even though you'll want to devour the cakes right way, let them cool enough so that you can break them up into small chunks to look like ground beef. Place the "meat" in the taco shells and ask each other, "Where's the beef?"- Make the toppings:
Rip the fruit lether into small strips and top your taco with "lettuce." - Use a butter knife to cut the peach slice and strawberry into small pieces. Top your tacos with your "cheese" and "tomato."
- Before tasting your tacos, shout whatever month it is (even if it's not April), then the word "Fools"-such as "February Fools!"
- To make Bean Appétit flour blend, combine 3 cups whole wheat flour, 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, 2¼ cups wheat germ and ½ cup flax meal. Mix up the flour blend ahead of time and keep it on hand. Use it as a healthy (and easy!) substitute for all-purpose flour when baking.
Provided byShannon Payette Seip & Kelly Parthen
Author ofBean Appétit
© Shannon Payette Seip & Kelly Parthen 2010
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