Raw Christmas Cinnamon Cookies

Haiii!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers! Kindaaa wish we had something to celebrate over here in the UK today but oh well..since I have not been gearing up for Thanksgiving, I have already been getting ready for Christmas! Okay maybe not really in terms of presents which I should really start soon eek (definitely avoiding starting that one, so stuck!) but already thinking about Christmasy foodie things I want to make! Whenever I go home I always try to sneak in a bit of ‘Nicky’ food as well as our usual family food around the Christmas period. Last year I opened my family’s eyes up to cashew cheese! I admit it is always a challenge trying to convince them of my ways but they always give it a go and seem to enjoy it…andddd then go back to their usual foods!

I try At least my Dad prefers my muffins over store bought muffins woooh!

So I started off experimenting this week with a good old cinnamon cookie, raw style

These cookies say ‘Nicky’ all over them, containing pretty much all of my favourite ingredients (except lucuma and squash!); almonds, dates, cinnamon, maple syrup and coconut oil. Nice and simple.

Ingredients (makes 6)

1 cup of almonds

10 smallish dates

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 cup maple syrup

2 tbsp coconut oil (melted)

Ground up the almonds in the food processor until they form a flour. Take out and leave the flour aside.

Put the dates into the food processor and make a paste. Add the cinnamon, maple syrup and melted coconut oil to the paste and mix.

Add the almond flour half a cup at a time to the liquid mix until a dough is formed.

Using a scoop, and rolling the dough in your hands, slightly flatten the dough into 6 equal sized discs onto a teflex sheet and dehydrate for at least 24 hours, turning over after 12 hours to help them for a soft cookie (longer if you want a crunchy one!).

Of course you can have these just not for Christmas because you can’t go wrong with a cinnamon cookie anytime of the year ..:)

What’s your favorite treat at Christmas?

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5 comments

paperbagblog said: November 22, 201216:57

Oh gosh, these look SO GOOD! You should make a ginger flavour, too x

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Laura Agar Wilson (@lauraagarwilson) said: November 22, 201220:23

These look fab! I need to get my raw on again. I have so many favourite Christmas treats, I have to say that traditionally it has always been cheese – I love garlic cream cheese and in our family Christmas was the only time of year we had ‘proper’ butter, however I have that all year round now This year I’m looking forward to the salted caramel sauce and fig jam I have put away

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Devon @ Health in Equilibrium said: November 23, 201204:43

Oh those look great, and they’re so simple!! I always get intimidated by recipes when they have too many ingredients, I’m a lazy chef And if you wanted to send your homemade muffins to Canada, I’m sure I would prefer them over store-bought too!

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kris said: November 24, 201223:52

mmm – i’m ready for christmas!!

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daisychain said: November 25, 201215:03

I’m gingerbread all the way at Christmas, although I wouldn’t turn these down!
x

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