Day 9: Walnut Acorn Cookies
 
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) organic grass-fed butter
  • 1 cup walnuts, raw
  • 1 teaspoon pink salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ cup raw honey
  • ¼ cup birch xylitol (or 2 Tablespoon raw honey or 1 teaspoon Stevita spoonable stevia)
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup raw walnuts, very finely chopped (for the topping)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and take out a baking sheet
  2. In a small saucepan melt the 2 sticks of organic butter
  3. You will make this cookie dough in a food processor. To the food processor add the walnuts and pulse until they are in small pieces
  4. Add the pink salt, vanilla, raw honey and birch xylitol to the mixture and then pour the melted butter over the top
  5. Pulse again about 10 times until they are mixed together
  6. Add the almond flour and coconut flour into the food processor. There is no need to mix these up in a separate bowl because they will mix together so well by the food processor
  7. Turn the food processor on and blend the dough together for 30 seconds to mix thoroughly together. This dough isn't super thick like a lot of almond and coconut flour cookies can be. It is because of the melted butter, but they will cook up perfectly in the oven
  8. To form the acorns you will need a spoon. You take about a Tablespoon of dough and form the acorn shape int the spoon (There's a picture below). Put the cookie on the baking sheet about an inch apart. They will only very slightly expand in the oven
  9. Bake for 12-14 minutes until golden brown and let cool completely on a cooling rack
  10. Once cool, dip half of the acorn cookie into the chocolate mixture and roll in the finely chopped walnuts
  11. Let the chocolate set and store in an airtight container at room temperature
Recipe by Meghan Birt at https://meghanbirt.com/2013/12/day-9-walnut-acorn-cookies/