These spices smell heavenly (much like her flu powder). And no wonder, a saint left us the recipe!
In her book, Physica, St. Hildegard recommended the use of nutmeg for its healing powers and offered the following recipe.
“Nutmeg has great heat and good moderation in its powers. If a person eats nutmeg, it will open up their heart, make their judgment free from obstruction, and give them a good disposition. Take some nutmeg and an equal weight of cinnamon and a bit of cloves, and pulverize them. Then make small cakes with this and fine whole wheat flour and water. Eat them often. It will calm all bitterness of the heart and mind, open your heart and impaired senses, and make your mind cheerful. It purifies your senses and diminishes all harmful humors in you. It gives good liquid to your blood, and makes you strong.” – St. Hildegard von Bingen, Physica -1153AD*
The cookies are filled with three different spices; cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg and made with spelt flour that was highly appreciated by the wise abbess. Spelt and these spices were to the body as Scripture to the soul.
We prepare the spice mix for you just as St. Hildegard did for her nuns at the Abbey, with much prayer and reflection for the gifts of the Holy Spirit! Saint Hildegard von Bingen is A Saint for Our Times.
For more from St. Hildegard’s Way, look for more items from our Healing Hildegard collection in our shop.
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