Description
A cookie for every man! These cookies are gluten-free and vegan and free of refined sugars. To make them paleo, use a homemade apple butter sweetened with dates or maple syrup. If apple butter isn't your jam, feel free to make a substitution. Nut butter, naturally sweetened jam or preserves would be delicious as well.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cup raw cashew pieces
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup coconut butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon Ener-g egg replacer mixed with 3 tablespoons water
- Pinch salt
- For filling:
- Apple Butter
Instructions
- Combine the cashews and sunflower seeds in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the S blade. Process until the nuts are in small pieces. Add the remaining cookie ingredients and process until a dough ball forms. Add the dough to a medium bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- Working with 2 tablespoons of the dough at a time, roll the dough into a ball and flatten into a plump disk. Place on the baking sheet and using a teaspoon measure, create a well in the dough. Fill the well with 1 teaspoon of the apple butter. Repeat with the remaining cookies placing them 1 inch apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the cookies begin to brown. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Remove gently to a wire cooking rack and allow the cookies to cool completely. Serve.
Notes
Be careful not to over process the batter or you'll end up with nut butter instead of cookies.