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Paleo Christmas Cookies

November 21, 2014 by Juli 14 Comments

I love Christmas. That’s no secret. But it’s a little secret that I actually love the time before Christmas even more than Christmas itself.  I love going to Christmas fairs, I love the lights, I love the decoration, buying presents and gift-wrapping them and it won’t surprise you that my favorite part is of course baking christmas cookies.

Christmas Cookies

As cutting down my grain and sugar intake is a constant struggle of mine I dreaded the Christmas season a bit this year. How cool can it be if there’s no cookies for me??? Okay of course I am going to eat some cookies but how cool is it if I feel always like shit after eating them. Even if you’re not a supporter of Pavlov’s Conditioning Theory no one can deny that biting in a cookie is not as much fun when you know what happens next.

A common solution: Paleo-fying it! So I flipped through some baking books but couldn’t find a single recipe that is not made of sugar and grains and butter. Mmmmh butter… but I digress. Okay no problem I make my own. Here you go!

Print Recipe

Paleo Christmas Cookies

Author: Juli

Ingredients

  • 1 cup prunes
  • 1 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup agave syrup
  • 3 tsp speculoos spices
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 pinch of allspice
  • 2 medium eggs
  • hazelnuts

Instructions

  • Give the prunes, salt and spices into a food processor and pulse
  • Now add the melted coconut oil and agave syrup and pulse again until you have a smooth paste
  • Add the eggs and beat lightly until well combined
  • Now add the coconut and almond flour and beat again lightly until all ingredients are well combines
  • Now form little balls out of the dough. I discovered that the best way it to wet your hands and knead a dough roll and then cut into pieces. Now roll between your hands and place on a lined baking tray. Press lightly with the palm of your hand and garnish with a whole hazelnut.
  • Now bake in the oven at 180°C for approx. 12 minutes or until dry and lightly brown.
  • Let cool and store in an air-tight container up to one week.

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Did I promise too much? Grain-free, no added sugar, easy to make and totally delicious. When they come out of the oven they will be crispy but over the course of a day they will soften up and get chewy just like gingerbread.  I’ll make the second batch this weekend 🙂

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I am linking up with Laura again today! Let’s find out what kind of #strangebutgood recipes the other bloggers came up with 😀

Have a nice weekend lovelies!

unterschrift

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Comments

  1. brokencookiesdontcount says

    November 21, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    Ok…Prunes…one of my Favorite things. This sounds so good. I need to try them. Thanks for sharing them, Juli! Have a great weekend!

    Reply
    • Juli says

      November 21, 2014 at 12:45 pm

      You actually inspired me to use prunes in this recipe. I usually use dates but when you suggested to swap dates for prunes in my Hazelnut Chocoaole Granola Bar recipe you got me hooked on prunes 🙂 So I should actually say THANK YOU 🙂

      Reply
      • brokencookiesdontcount says

        November 21, 2014 at 1:01 pm

        Juli! That’s too funny. I love it. Spreading prune love around. Have a gareat day!

        Reply
  2. Arielle says

    November 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    Oh wow it looks so delicious!

    Reply
    • Juli says

      November 25, 2014 at 7:03 am

      Thank you Arielle 🙂

      Reply
  3. sprint2thetable says

    November 21, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    These look delish! I love coconut flour anything. 🙂

    Reply
    • Juli says

      November 25, 2014 at 7:04 am

      Me too! It adds such a good flavor and the texture is amazing! Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  4. Arman @ thebigmansworld says

    November 22, 2014 at 9:58 am

    Swap out the prunes and I have a similar recipe to come- good old paleo-fying it! I love how these cookies look like your breakfast word. LOL.

    By the way- your photos are amazing, Juli. FOODGAWKER IT.

    Reply
    • Juli says

      November 25, 2014 at 7:13 am

      Haha this happened to me before, too. I have 3 recipes I never posted as there was someone to post something similar only shortly before. That’s why I never posted any beef burger recipe. It’s almost identical with yours 😛
      You’re right. And I haven’t even noticed that! What’s wrong with me ;-D
      Thank you so much! Yeah, maybe it’s time to conquer Foodgawker.

      Reply
  5. Pat says

    November 24, 2014 at 6:36 pm

    These cookies are so different and sound wonderful! But for us Americans, what is in “Speculoos Spices?”

    Reply
    • Juli says

      November 25, 2014 at 7:17 am

      Thank you , Pat 🙂 But ooooh now you got me. It’s a christmas spice with a slight fruity note. But you can also use gingerbread spice.

      Reply
  6. Anja says

    December 16, 2014 at 9:50 am

    These cookies are just awesome! I love the prunes, but I mixed them with dates (which are sweeter) so I could use less syrup. And then I have replaced the hazelnuts with pecans, and the speculoos spice with gingerbread spice. So delicious! I l<3 it!

    Reply

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