Description
These Mini Pecan Pie Cookies taste just like the real-deal pecan pie in mini cookie form! Only these guys are allergy friendly and made without refined sugar. You get a cookie, you get a cookie, EVERYBODY gets a cookie!
Ingredients
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For the crust:
- 2 cups almond meal
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
For the filling:
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans + 16 whole pecans for topping
- 1/2 cup minced dates
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup date sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Grease 2 mini muffin tins liberally with coconut oil spray. Set aside.
- Add the almond meal to a large bowl and set aside. In a small saucepan, heat the coconut oil and maple syrup until melted. Pour this over the almond flour and stir to combine. Take 1 tablespoon of the crust dough and press it into one of the mini muffin tin cups. Be sure to evenly cover the sides and bottom, like a mini pie crust. Repeat with the remaining dough. Place the trays in the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
- While the dough is chilling. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread the chopped pecans out on a small baking tray. Bake for 5 minutes, or until fragrant and lightly toasted. Add into a medium bowl.
- Add the remaining filling ingredients into the pecans and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Once the dough has chilled, bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Evenly split the filling between all of the cups. Top each with a whole pecan and bake for another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the tart cups. Using a butter knife or spoon, loosen the cookies from their cups and remove. Serve.
