sugar-free, grain-free Christmas cookies

[cjb]

These are quite yummy, and I think they're candida-friendly

2 cups finely ground nuts*
4 T cold butter or coconut oil
~ 9 pieces of some combo of dried apricots, prunes, and/or dates
1 lightly beaten egg
1/8 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
~1/8-1/4 tsp powdered stevia (might be less if you use dates, add stevia a little at a time and taste to make sure it's sweet enough.)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8-1/4 tsp ea. ground cloves, nutmeg and ginger

Preheat oven to 325 F
Grind your nuts and empty them from the processor.
Chop both the butter and the dried fruit into smallish pieces and add to processor. Process until mixed.
Add egg and process again briefly.
Add the chopped nuts and remaining ingredients and process until it begins to form one big ball.
-the dough will be sticky, but workable.
Form into small balls and place on a cookie sheet. Gently press each cookie with the back of a spoon to flatten slightly. If the dough is too sticky to do this, wait until they've baked for 5 minutes and then press them down.
Bake ~ 10-15 minutes, until the tops are just starting to brown, otherwise you can burn the bottom.
Let them cool on a wire rack.

If you want to get fancy, you could frost with a nut butter, like almond or cashew, or any other frosting.





*at least 1 cup should be almonds, the 2nd cup could be more almonds or a mixture of other nuts like pecans, walnuts and/or cashews. The nuts should be unroasted and unsalted. Grind them in the food processor)

[chardy]

Look very tasty!

When I can find some stevia (dont get me grumbling about the UKs food safety police banning stevia as 'unsafe' ) I'll definitely make some of these!

Also looking forward to trying Shelley's mineral rich cake.

Do you think you could add molasses to your recipe?
To give it that extra wintery oompf?

[cjb]

Hey Chardy,
I think you most definitely could add molasses. In fact, I was thinking that as I typed out the recipe.
I think you could also make them without stevia. By using just dates for the fruit and a little molasses, I think they'd be sweet enough.