It is the season for cookie baskets and cookie exchanges. How many dozen cookies have you made already? How about you, Coleen…(you ask?) Ummmm, zero….well, ‘til these! (I know, I know…better get on it!) Yup, part of my plan for this week. Here’s what I am hoping to accomplish. I would LOVE to hear what varieties you are making for your loved ones this year!!!
Mexican Wedding Cookies (Snowballs)
Gingerbread Hearts
Pignoli Cookies (here’s my recipe)
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
Italian Almond Cookies (Robert’s constant request-here’s my recipe)
Spritz (my all-time, hands-down, yes, please! favorite)
But these are where I started. I just love thumbprint cookies! Most of you know that I bake/cook gluten-free. These also are paleo, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free. (Hope that is helpful to a few of you!) And all of that helps to keep these within my healthy but oh-so-yummy POV! Enjoy!
Thumbprint Cookies
ingredients:
1/3 cup arrowroot flour
1/3 cup almond flour
1/3 cup coconut flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
5 tablespoons coconut sugar**
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, room temperature
all-fruit marmalade or jam (I used ginger/orange and raspberry)
1 egg white beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
1/2 cup finely chopped nuts (I used walnuts)
directions:
- preheat oven to 350
- line baking sheet with parchment paper
- in a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (first 5)
- in mixer bowl, combine the wet ingredients (next 4) for 1 minute
- add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine with mixer
- take tablespoon-sized balls of dough and quickly roll into a ball
- dip into egg wash and then run through chopped nuts
- place on lined baking sheet about 1″ apart
- make an good-sized indentation with your thumb (or a wooden spoon handle)—but don’t poke through the bottom
- fill the indentation with about 1/2 teaspoon marmalade/jam
- bake for approximately 15 minutes ‘til just lightly browned; remove from oven
- carefully transfer to a cooling rack
makes 15 to 20 cookies
** NOTE: these are on the not-so-very-sweet side…you may want to add additional sugar!
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♥ coleen
About coleen hayden
My Mom made these when we were kids, also with crushed walnuts, and with strawberry jam in the middle. These, and Snowballs / Mexican Wedding Cookies were my favorites!
mmmm…strawberry jam! cookies bring such good memories, hmmm? <3