Welcome Dear Neighbor!
Have you ever wondered what a cookie might have tasted like before the industrial revolution? Well, the Local Batch's cookies answer that in a humble and delicious interpretation, if not in a strict literal sense. Here's how we do it...
The experience starts with a simple process, milling New York State grown organic einkorn wheat berries into fresh flour right before baking, creating amazing texture and bringing all the nutritious goodness into the cookie that nature grants. The flour is not fortified because nothing was removed, simple.
The sugar we use in all our cookies is not white sugar or brown sugar, it is Panela sugar from Colombia which is only the dried juice/pulp of the cane stalk. This sugar is known by different names in different countries and is the base from which all further refined sugars are made.
Building on this, The Local Batch, LLC has so far created two original cookie recipes taking inspiration from nature and cultures. The Benchmark cookie is a cousin to the classic chocolate chip. It is The Local Batch's first cookie and deeply connected to my American baking roots. I call it the Benchmark Cookie, my standard of excellence! Pictured on the left, you can practically see the wonderful expression of texture, chocolate and flavor!
The next two cookies, Biscotti Spice Dippers - big dippers and mini bites, are completely plant based. In Greek communities they would be called, nestissimo or fasting cookies to be eaten during Lent and other special times. In today's common culture they are called vegan. Their flavor comes from freshly ground organic spices - anise seed, Ceylon cinnamon and clove and are baked with unrefined coconut oil.
At my farmers market cookie tastings, some customers say the spice cookies remind them of treats their grandparents used to make. Many people ask if there is ginger in them because the taste reminds them of gingerbread. I am so pleased and encouraged when someone recognizes something familiar and delightful whether it is a particular flavor or just perhaps the joy of rediscovering consumable goodness from nature in a simple cookie!
So to rephrase the original question - Can eating a cookie be a momentary time travel taste vacation from our over processed, super refined, cookie cutter (pun intended) locked down, plugged in life? Take a bite and let me know!
Carol :)
The experience starts with a simple process, milling New York State grown organic einkorn wheat berries into fresh flour right before baking, creating amazing texture and bringing all the nutritious goodness into the cookie that nature grants. The flour is not fortified because nothing was removed, simple.
The sugar we use in all our cookies is not white sugar or brown sugar, it is Panela sugar from Colombia which is only the dried juice/pulp of the cane stalk. This sugar is known by different names in different countries and is the base from which all further refined sugars are made.
Building on this, The Local Batch, LLC has so far created two original cookie recipes taking inspiration from nature and cultures. The Benchmark cookie is a cousin to the classic chocolate chip. It is The Local Batch's first cookie and deeply connected to my American baking roots. I call it the Benchmark Cookie, my standard of excellence! Pictured on the left, you can practically see the wonderful expression of texture, chocolate and flavor!
The next two cookies, Biscotti Spice Dippers - big dippers and mini bites, are completely plant based. In Greek communities they would be called, nestissimo or fasting cookies to be eaten during Lent and other special times. In today's common culture they are called vegan. Their flavor comes from freshly ground organic spices - anise seed, Ceylon cinnamon and clove and are baked with unrefined coconut oil.
At my farmers market cookie tastings, some customers say the spice cookies remind them of treats their grandparents used to make. Many people ask if there is ginger in them because the taste reminds them of gingerbread. I am so pleased and encouraged when someone recognizes something familiar and delightful whether it is a particular flavor or just perhaps the joy of rediscovering consumable goodness from nature in a simple cookie!
So to rephrase the original question - Can eating a cookie be a momentary time travel taste vacation from our over processed, super refined, cookie cutter (pun intended) locked down, plugged in life? Take a bite and let me know!
Carol :)
