Festive Cookies

Best sugar-free and wheat-free sit-ins for traditional holiday cookie plate. Once I gathered all the ingredients (see shopping list below), I was able to assemble all recipes in about an hour and a half. I got four well-stocked plates out of it, like this one:

cookie plate

The three cookies on this plate:

Coconut candies
Ashwaganda-Chaga ‘Fudge’
Cocoa-Almond Puff-Truffles

Recipes:

coconut candy

Coconut Candies

chaga fudge crop

Ashwaganda-Chaga ‘Fudge’

  • 1 stick of Kerry Gold or organic grass-fed unsalted butter (or ghee if you are sensitive to casein)
  • 1 ounce Chaga, powdered finely
  • 1 1/2 ounce Ashwaganda, powdered
  • 2-3 tablespoons raw honey
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix together and press into a 8″x8″ square pan. Press finely chopped nuts into the surface. Cut with knife dipped in water.

millet puff balls

Cocoa-Almond Puff-Truffles

(based on Energy Balls:)

  • 4 C Almond butter (2 crunchy, 2 smooth)
  • 1 C Carob powder
  • ¼ C Molasses
  • ½ C Honey
  • 2 tsp Ashwaghanda, powdered
  • 2 tsp Astragulus, powdered
  • 2 tsp Reishi, powdered
  • 1 tsp Chaga, powdered
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Cardamom, ground
  • Pinch of Cloves, ground
  • Pinch of Cinnamon, ground

Mix all, will be very stiff. Roll each ball in 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes.

 

granola and choc

Orange-Oatmeal-Date Bars

Also:
Chickpea cookies
Almond paste cookies                                                                                                                                 Teff peanut butter cookies

Ingredient List (to make a single batch of all recipes)

Almond butter
Almond flour
Tahini
Coconut, finely shredded
Coconut, big shreds
Unsalted butter
Cocoa
Almonds, pecans, walnuts
Raw honey
Maple syrup
Walnut oil

 

 

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