This is a quick healthier dessert to make for the family or to take to a gathering. The prep is quick but does make you have to clean your food processor. Other than that it is just a large bowl for clean up after. My whole family loves these and I love that it isn't full of sugar.
Ingredients
1 cup Almonds, can also use pecans
1 cup Rolled Oats
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
½ cup Safflower Oil (can also use olive oil)
½ cup Maple Syrup
¼ tsp Salt (Himalayan Pink Salt)
Strawberry Jam (Find one with out high fructose corn syrup)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put almonds and oats into a food processor and pulse until coarsely ground.
Transfer to a large bowl and add flour, oil, syrup and salt. Stir to combine well.
Roll walnut-sized balls of the dough in the palm of your hand to form each cookie, then arrange on 2 large baking sheets, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
Press your thumb gently down into the center of each cookie to make an indentation (My kids love helping me with this part.).
Spoon a scant teaspoon of jam into each indention.
Bake cookies until golden brown and just firm around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
Transfer to a rack to let cool completely, then serve immediately or store between layers of waxed paper in an airtight container.