Vegan Brigadero Three Ways
- 1 cup Dried cranberries
- 2 pounds Dates, pitted and de-stemmed.
- 3/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting.
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Chocolate sprinkles (optional)
- In a food processor, pulse the dried cranberries until the mixture balls up like a dough, place between two pieces of parchment paper and roll to 1/4" thickness. With the small heart-shaped cookie cutout, cut out heart shapes, re-roll the scraps and keep making hearts until the mixture is used up, then set aside.
- In a food processor, place the remaining ingredients (except the sprinkles) in three batches, pulsing until a ball forms. Place each ball into one large bowl and knead for a minute to get everything blended together.
- Place this second mixture between two pieces of parchment paper and roll to 1/4" thickness. This mixture is denser than the one with dried cranberries, it will take a little more time.
- Use a sharp knife to make a rectangle from the date mixture, and set the scraps aside to make brigadero (see step 8 below).
- Use the same knife to mark the rectangle into 9 separate pieces, then cut the pieces completely. Place a heart-shaped cutout in the center of each rectangle and cut out the piece, placing it aside with the cranberry hearts.
- In the place of the date hearts, place a cranberry heart inside each of the date rectangles and smooth out.
- Next, coat each date heart and any remaining cranberry hearts in cocoa powder, dust off and set aside.
- Lastly, divide the remaining date mixture into equal pieces and roll each piece into balls. Then, roll each ball in chocolate sprinkles
- Freeze the pieces for an hour, then place in air-tight containers. They're ready to serve, and also hold up well in the fridge and freezer. Please note that you should only store these treats for 1 week if you refrigerate, or 2 months if you freeze.
cranberries, dates, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt, chocolate sprinkles
Taken from food52.com/recipes/61036-vegan-brigadero-three-ways (may not work)