Looking for a healthy cookie to bake for the holidays?
Healthy Holiday Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
Cooking Time: 15
Yields: 10
This recipe is:
- Vegetarian
- Dairy-Free
- Vegan
Ingredients:
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup almonds
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup brown rice syrup
- Fruit-sweetened jam of your choice
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine oats and almonds in a blender or food processor and blend until they have the consistency of flour.
- Add to a large bowl with spelt flour.
- In a small bowl mix together the oil, maple and brown rice syrup.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well.
- Make 1-inch balls with your hands and press flat onto a cookie sheet.
- Make an indentation with your thumb into the center of each cookie.
- Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of jam.
- Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
- Cool and enjoy!
Notes:
- Make these cookies without the jam and use as a pie crust, or bake and crumble as a topping for frozen desserts
Enjoy!
*Recipe adapted from Institute of Integrative Nutrition
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