Here's the original recipe which also uses coconut butter No-Bake Oreos

Katie doesn't mention the hot water thing. Perhaps running the coconut butter, once warmed, through a food pro. might help to mix it? Food for thought?

She doesn't mention it because in warmer climates it is SOFT. In colder areas where it is below 70* or so coconut butter (and oil) are rock solid. I warm my butter under hot water becuase most times it IS too cold/hard. You can't get it out of the jar when it is cold...lol! I get maybe one week or two a year when I don't have to melt my coconut......

And coconut butter when softened becomes creamy - not clear like coconut oil. You don't want to microwave it as it toasts and then burns way too easily. It is delicate.

And Laurie.....methinks you are looking for a vegan argument. I suggest you attend Vida Vegan Con in 2013 in Portland, Or. You'd find that there are all sorts of folks with different views.

Again, it comes down to taste. Use what one wants to - in nuts and sweeteners. I do what I like, folks can do what they want.

PS: if you know your bees and who raises them, you know they are not being exploited thankyouverymuch. I know exactly where my honey comes from and have visited the hives. My honey comes from very well taken care of bees whose health is everything. The same is that I got over my issue/hangup of eggs once I started buying locally grown eggs from small farms - again I have seen the hens that lay them - heck my 2 year old has met them.
But again, I am not a "vegan". I live a plant-based unprocessed foods life.

No... not looking for an argument. For me, as a writer, it is pretty black and white as I came across this issue when writing a cookbook that had a lot of recipes geared towards vegans. The vegan organizations in the USA and Canada that I consulted with were pretty clear (adamant) on the matter. I didn't say it was my view - it was the reality I was dealing with and I had to respect that there are many vegans who are so strict that honey is not part of the diet just like leather footwear or gloves would be completely unacceptable.

As for honey. Well Bryan helped his Uncle with the bees from time-to-time and we do have friends that are bee-keepers. Heck, we even had to have one of them come out and removed a swarm that was intending on making it's hive in our 140-year old soffits. It was cool in the evening and the entire swarm went to my neighbors tree. It was fascinating to watch my bee guy reach into the swarm, remove the queen to a hive and have the entire swarm follow. The whole relocation process took about 10 minutes. With feral bees on the decline our raised bees are more environmentally important than ever. Keepers often take their bees out to pollinate crops and many of the orchards here have nearby apiaries just for that reason.

I tend to be of the mind, which obviously you are too, of knowing where my food comes from. This includes knowing, when we eat meat in our family (wild game or farm raised), that an animal was killed for the luxury.

Can you two stop the dam arguing!!!!

We aren't arguing... at least I am not. A difference of opinion is not an argument, it's a discussion.

Speaking of honey... flavor can vary greatly by region and what the bees are collecting, as you know. Some honey can have a bitterness to it that lingers on the palate and others are more floral. I live near orchard country so often get apple blossom honey. Clover honey is great too. The only honey I couldn't see working in this recipe is something like Chestnut honey which has a really unique flavor.

We made it again and this time we just let the coconut butter soften and not go to a liquid form. We added the agave and it stayed together. The cookies were great and we will be making more of them changing things up as we go

Nice to hear! :-)

So, at it again this weekend. This time I added cinnamon to the filling. Delish.

Hah, keep at it!!