Ingredients
4 teaspoons panela
1 cup water
Half a lime
Directions
Dissolve panela in water, add lime juice. Can be served hot or over ice.
Caramel Sauce
Ingredients
1 cup organic panela
½ cup half-and-half
4 tablespoons butter
👌🏽 of salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions
Heat the panela, half-and-half, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook while whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, it will gradually get thicker. Add the vanilla and cook another minute. Remove from heat, let cool and enjoy! 🍨
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 3/4 cups organic panela
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups old-fashioned oats
2 cups dark chocolate chunks
Directions
Preheat oven to 375° F 🔥
Combine flour, baking soda and salt, in a bowl. Beat panela and butter in large mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually mix in dry mixture. Stir in oats and chocolate chunks. Drop generous tablespoon onto baking sheets.
Bake for 9 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies, or 12 to 13 minutes for crispier cookies. Let cool, dunk in milk, eat immediately. 🍪
Sweet and Salty Peanuts
Ingredients
1 cup peanuts (roasted and unsalted)
½ cup panela
2 tablespoons water
½ teaspoon salt
Directions
Heat panela and water in a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until the panela dissolved, then add the nuts. Continue stirring until the liquid reduces to a thick syrup, evenly coating the nuts. Pour onto wax paper, sprinkle with salt.
Sweet and Spicy Peanuts with Fresh Cilantro
Ingredients
1 cup peanuts (roasted and unsalted)
½ cup panela
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons water
Directions
Heat panela, cayenne pepper, salt, paprika and water in a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until the panela dissolved, then add the nuts. Continue stirring until the liquid reduces to a thick syrup, evenly coating the nuts. Pour onto wax paper, sprinkle with fresh cilantro.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients
1 teaspoon panela
4 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 oz Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
Splash of club soda
1 Ice Cube
Orange peel
Directions
Muddle panela with bitters until the panela dissolves. Add bourbon or whiskey and splash of soda. Stir, add ice and garnish with an orange peel. Cheers!
