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AHYMSIN newsletter, Issue - February 2012

Reeny Rowny Cookies

by Margaret Woods

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Reeny Rowny Cookies are a favourite of East West Yoga Society in Edmonton, Canada. No gathering seems complete without them. They are affectionately named after Irene Zarowny, our member and renowned cookie baker. She created these yummy snacks with love and the finest ingredients.

Weeks before Maya Margo Balog’s transition, she was eating practically nothing. However, she did nibble on these cookies. At that time, she requested the recipe in triplicate - one for each of her children. Her wish was for her grandchildren to enjoy these healthy and nutritious treats.

Reeny Rowny Cookies

In a very large first bowl:	1 cup	Butter
	½ cup	Brown Sugar
	½ cup	White Sugar
	1 tsp	Vanilla
	2	Eggs

In a second bowl:	1 cup	Whole Wheat Flour or barley flour
	1 cup	All Purpose White Flour
	1 tsp	Baking Powder
	1 tsp	Baking Soda

In a large third bowl:	1 cup	Coconut
	1 cup	Oatmeal
	1 cup	Rice Krispies
	1 cup	Raisins/currants/dried cranberries
	1 cup	Chocolate Chips
	¾ cup	Sunflower Seeds
	½ cup	Sesame Seeds
	1/3 cup	Hemp Hearts/Chia Seeds/Flax Seeds
	1/3 cup	Wheat Germ

Preheat oven to 350 F.
In the first bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat together.
Whisk together the ingredients in second bowl. Add these dry ingredients to the first bowl and continue beating until well blended.
Combine and mix all the ingredients in third bowl. Add the third bowl ingredients to first bowl. Mix very well with wooden spoon.
Roll cookie batter into balls, place on greased cookie sheet and flatten with fork. Or just drop cookies onto the greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 F. for 10 minutes. Makes dozens, dough freezes well.

Editor’s Note:

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At the suggestion of Swami Ritavan, Margaret Woods of East West Yoga Society in Edmonton, Canada, has written our first recipe for the AHYMSIN newsletter. East West Yoga Society is an AHYMSIN affiliate and was founded by Maya Margo Balog.

In the group photo, Elaine Anderson, an 80 year old artist who is one of Maya’s original Jasper hikers, is holding a picture of Maya hiking. She is just about finished painting the picture she is holding. The Edmonton group has continued the hikes; to read an article about the hike in 2011, please use this link: http://www.ahymsin.org/docs2/News/1109Sep/01.html

We would like to feature more vegetarian recipes in the newsletter. We invite you to share with us a recipe. We would like a story about the dish, the recipe for the dish, and a photo or photos illustrating the story, the dish and/or people enjoying and preparing the dish. Share with us at ahymsin@ahymsin.org

To convert between metric and non-metric: http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/conversion_tables.htm

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