Koryn's New Kitchen

I had an idea for creating "cream cheese" frosting with no dairy. I was getting so eager to try it out. I made it and it turned out amazing!  It is so creamy and very similar to the "real" cream cheese frosting I used to make. I used lemon  to give it a cream cheese taste, I was worried that it would taste like lemon, but it really didn't. Feel free to adjust the lemon to how "tart" you want it to be.   Dairy Free & Paleo "Cream Cheese" Frosting   Ingredients   1 C. Cashews, soaked* 1/2 C. coconut cream (scraped from an unshaken can of coconut milk refrigerated overnight) 3 Tbsp. creamed coconut, melted** 5 Tbsp. Maple Syrup  1/2 C. coconut oil, melted 1/4 tsp. salt  3 Tbsp. Lemon Juice  Instructions Blend all ingredients in a high speed blender until creamy and smooth, about 5 minutes. Pour it into a container and cover. Place in the freezer, every 5 minutes take it out and stir it, making sure to scrape the si

Dairy Free and Paleo Homemade Chocolate Chips Ingredients 1/2 C. coconut oil  1/2 c. + 3T. cocoa powder 1/4 tsp salt  1/4 C. maple syrup  Instructions   Melt coconut oil then stir in cocoa and salt. Add maple syrup and stir. Let cool on the counter, until is is no longer warm.  Meanwhile, place a sheet of parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet, (make sure that it fits in your freezer). Pour the chocolate into a plastic bag, and cut a small hole in the tip of the bag.  Pipe little dots in rows across the parchment paper.  Once it is full, place the pan in the freezer for 5 minutes. After that they should be completely set, and should easily  come off the paper.  Transfer to a plastic bag or container and store in the freezer. Repeat with any left over chocolate. You can also make chocolate "chunks" with this recipe.  Line a large flat container with parchment paper, make sure that it is completely flat.  Pour the chocolate in the container, it should