Yoga Cutter Inspirations

Recipes

Raw Granola Treats!

Granola

Feel like having a yummi treat but don’t feel like baking? This gluten-free & vegan granola is a hit with the kids and adults! Hands down everyone loves this edible asana recipe! Have fun and add your own favorites into a batch! We like to keep our granola chilled in the fridge, plus the yoga shapes hold together this way too!     Ingredients: 2 Cups Rolled oats • 2 Cups Brown Rice Cereal 1/2 C Chopped Almonds • 1/2 C Chopped Dried Cherries • 1/2 C Shredded Coconut 3/4 C Brown Rice Syrup • 1/2 C Almond or Peanut Butter • 1 Tbsp. Maple Syrup Instructions: Combine the dry ingredients and set aside • Combine the liquids and warm for 40 seconds • Add the liquid to the dry mix and stir well • If the mix is too dry, add a little more warmed brown rice syrup • Place your Yummi Yogi cookie cutters on a baking sheet and fill with the granola •Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for an hour •Remove the granola gently from the cutters by pulling the cookie cutter away from the granola, the granola should slide right out. •Best if stored in refrigerator. Alternatives to add: Yellow raisins, currants, peanuts, walnuts, sesame seed butter, carob chips… _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vanilla Sugar Cookie Recipe

Om Mani Down Dog

Quick and easy cookie dough recipe! Make cookies in small batches by keeping the dough cool or in the freezer. Make it your own with your favorite flavoring. Ingredients: • 1 cup unsalted butter – softened • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar • 2 eggs • 2 tsp vanilla • 3 cups all purpose flour • 1 tsp salt • 1 tsp baking powder Instructions: • In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and powdered sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. • In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. • Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl of wet ingredients and mix until combined. • Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch between two sheets of wax paper. • Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F • Cut out cookies and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silpat baking sheet. • Bake: 375 degrees F •  7-9 minutes depending on size. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Royal Icing Recipe

Icing

Ingredients: • 2 lbs powdered sugar • 5 tbs meringue powder • 3/4 cup warm water • 1-2 tsp flavoring • 2 tbs corn syrup Instructions: • In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the sugar and meringue powder. • While mixing is running on low speed, slowly add the water and flavoring. • Allow the water to incorporate and add in the corn syrup. • Continue to mix at a medium-high speed until the icing becomes fluffy and stiff peaks form. This may take 5-10 minutes. • Separate and color with food coloring as desired.     _________________________________________________________________________________

Brown Sugar Henna Cookie Recipe  

Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter • 1 cup brown sugar • 2 Eggs •  2 tsp vanilla • 4 cups all purpose flour • 3/4 tsp salt • 1/4 tsp baking powder • Cinnamon and ground ginger (about 1/2 tsp each), optional.

Customer Creations

Be inspired by others. 

The practice of yoga teaches us to reflect inward but also radiate our energy outward! Our new “Customer Creations” page was inspired by all of you. The overwhelming number of asana creations we have seen from our Yummi Yogi™ creative geniuses is truly inspiring and should be shared with you.

With the growing number of ways we’ve seen our yoga pose cookie cutters used and the never-ending supply of creativity shown by our customers we would like to invite all of you to submit your favorite Yummi Yogi cookie cutter creations on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram!

Here at Yummi Yogi™ we feel inspired every day by the outpouring of support that we get from customers using Yummi Yogi ™yoga shaped cookie cutters. Whether it’s positive feedback, a friend referral, or one of the beautiful asana shaped crafts or creations a customer has made using our cutters, we are always so impressed and humbled. This overwhelming flow of customer submissions has inspired us to create a “Customer Creations” section within the Yummi Yogi™ website. We want to acknowledge the creativity of many of our customers while also inspiring others to use their yoga pose shaped cookie cutters in new and interesting ways.

Even if you’re not the crafty type or you’re not the biggest fan of baking, using Yummi Yogi™cookie cutters is less about the end product and more about the time spent doing something fun and creative. Take an afternoon to make yoga pose Christmas ornaments with the kids. Quickly assemble a mason jar of pre-made cookie mix with a cookie cutter attached to give as a gift. Invite friends over for a cookie decorating party. No matter how the cookies turn out you’ve still had this special time to share with your friends.

The practice of yoga teaches us to be balanced within our mind, body, and spirit and to find peace within ourselves. Once that peace is achieved we are free to be our most loving, inspiring and creative selves. At Yummi Yogi™ we encourage all of our clients, yogis and non-yogis alike, to find activities that make them feel inspired.

It could be a gift you’ve made for a friend, a tasty foodie arrangement, or a craft that you plan to display in your home or garden. Submit your finished products and don’t forget to tag #YummiYogi! In order to make your submissions don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.

Thanks for sharing!!!