Vegan and gluten-free cinnamon stars
A delicious and clean Christmas treat
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 8
- Total Time: 28
- Category: Cookies
- Cuisine: German
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
For the dough:
- 9 oz./250 grams ground almonds
- 3.6 oz./100 grams organic date sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 tablespoons date paste
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon
For the icing:
-200 gr Xilitol
-2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Use a small bowl and mix chia seeds with 2 tablespoons of water.
- Let the chia mix soak in in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
- Blend ground almonds, date sugar and cinnamon either in the food processor or with a hand mixer.
- Add date paste and Chia seed mix and blend again until it forms a sticky dough.
- Wrap cookie dough in plastic foil and let it sit in the fridge for approx. 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven at 340 F°/170°C.
- Roll out the dough between two baking papers using a rolling pin, always starting in the middle.
- Continue to roll away from you until it makes a 1/4″ (6 mm) sheet.
- Cut out stars or any other Christmas cookie shape you prefer.
- Place cookies on a baking sheet laid out with baking paper
- Bake for approx. 10 minutes at 340 F°/170°C.
- Watch them closely as they can burn quickly. Better to be on the safe side and remove them when they’re slightly underdone.
- Allow to cooling down for 10 minutes before removing from baking sheet
- Transfer them to a cooling rack
- Combine Xilitol and water to a icing
- Cover the cookies with the icing using a toothpick
- Enjoy!
Notes
- To preserve crunchiness store them in airtight cookie containers
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 60
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