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Healthy Thumbprint Cookies

Lynn — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 07:24:09 +0000

Christmas is a wonderful time full of joy and secrets.

But do you know the secret behind what makes Christmas so special?

MOMS.

Moms, working their asses off. Cooking, wrapping, decorating, and shopping.

Unfortunately, this quote is not by me, I took it from the movie, Bad Moms 2, which is all about the Bad Moms breaking free this Christmas and doing what they enjoy. If you’re looking for a feel-good movie with your girlfriends, go see this movie. It has some awesome lignes such as:

Moms don’t enjoy, they give joy. That’s how being a mom works.

I know, I am not a mother, but I nevertheless know that my mom also worked her butt off to give us the best Christmas festivities every year. I don’t know how she did it, but she always managed to bake the christmas bread in time, set-up the tree and create a five-star Christmas menu for the entire family all while looking faboulous. Oh and of course she also baked cookies with us. For about a minute – then we got distracted and she had to cut out kilos of cookie dough all by herself.

Today I know, how much work Christmas cookies mean, so I brought you this easy peasy Christmas thumprint cookies recipe with homemade raspberry jam. No cutting out. No unhealthy ingredients. No stress. Too good to be true? Well, you’re welcome.

The cookies are made with whole-grain spelt flour (or buckwheat flour for a gluten-free option), peanut butter, ground almonds, flax seeds, a bit of honey and coconut oil. Add a bit of gingerbread spice for a Christmassy taste, and you’re good to go. What makes these cookies awesome, however, is the homemade raspberry jam filling. No refined sugars, no additives, but still so delicious. The secret to the jam are flax seeds, who make it thicken. The only downside to my version is that it’s not a preserved jam, so you need to eat it quickly.

You can easily enjoy these cookies with a mug of healthy hot superfood chocolate or some hot mulled beetroot juice.

Have a wonderful second Advent!

Lynn

Healthy Thumbprint Cookies

Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

32 mins

Author: Lynn Hoefer

Serves: 25

Ingredients

For the healthy thumbprint cookies:

1 tablespoon of ground flax seeds + tablespoons of water
100g of whole-grain spelt flour (or buckwheat flour for a gluten-free version)
50g of ground almonds
75g of peanut butter, all natural without any additives
40g of raw honey
30g of extra-virgin coconut oil, at room temperature
2 teaspoons of gingerbread spice, or see notes
¼ teaspoon of aluminum-free baking powder
a pinch of salt

For the healthy raspberry jam:

300g of frozen raspberries
2 tablespoons of raw honey
3 tablespoons of ground flax seeds

Instructions

For the raspberry jam, place the frozen raspberries in a small pot and heat them at medium temperature for about 5 - 7 minutes until the raspberries fall apart. Use a wooden spoon to break them apart even further. Once the raspberries have formed a sauce-like texture, take them from the heat and stir in the honey and ground flax seeds. Let it sit for a few minutes, while stirring frequently. Fill in a sterilized glass container, while setting some aside for the cookies.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan).
For the healthy thumpbrint cookies, mix the flax seeds with the water and set aside to thicken.
Mix all other ingredients in a mixing bowl an combine them using a hand blender or place everything into a food processor or blender. Once you have a crumbly cookie dough, use your hands to once again knead it until soft.
Take about a teaspoon of the dough and form it into a round ball. Place the ball on a baking sheet aligned with baking paper, and continue until the dough has been formed into balls.
Using the end of a wooden spoon, press little holes into the cookie balls. It's easier if you keep the balls between your thumb and pointing finger to avoid them from braking apart. Fill these holes with about half a teaspoon of the healthy raspberry jam.
Bake the cookies for about 10 - 12 minutes until golden brown.
Let them cool down completely before you enjoy them.

Enjoy!

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Healthy Peanut Butter & Jelly Christmas Cookies (German Spitzbuben)

Lynn — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 07:04:36 +0000

Healthy peanut butter jelly christmas cookies cookies to get this Christmas bakery started!

It’s happening, guys! Christmas season is finally here! Now, I know that for many of you, Thanksgiving is the event to talk about this week, but since we do not officially celebrate Thanksgiving in Europe, all our minds are focused on Christmas right now. Most Christmas markets are already open, I heard the first Christmas song on the radio yesterday (one of my favorites by Michael Bublé), and if you haven’t made plans to see your friends in December yet, chances are that they are already completely booked.

Well, that’s Christmas and I love it. My favorite time of the year (besides fall, obviously) always involves baking. Last year, I already published three healthy christmas cookie recipes: healthy almond and cinnamon christmas stars, healthy gingerbread cookies, and healthy vanilla crescent christmas cookies. If you’ve loved these, you’re going to love these healthy peanut butter jelly christmas cookies.

These healthy peanut butter jelly christmas cookies are pure heaven! I especially love the chia jam filling, because it makes them incredibly moist and hard as stone, like many other christmas cookies. Besides from their delicious taste, they are also much butter for you than the usual sugar loaded treats you find this time of the year. Buckwheat and oat flour provide fiber and protein, which keep you full for longer. The peanut butter and coconut oil both add healthy fats that are needed in a wholesome diet, and coconut sugar prevents your blood sugar level from spiking rapidly. Who knew Christmas cookies could be this healthy?

By the way, there is another event coming up this week, that we need to talk about:

GILMORE GIRLS IS BACK!!!

Oh my, I really cannot handle it, especially since I just finished watching all seasons in a row. Took me about half a year, just kidding, it probably took me about a months, but it was so worth it. I am so deeply emotionally involved right now, that I just cannot wait to see how my favorite characters have evolved, and who Rory will finally end up with.

Team Logan! Or Team Jess! Both would be fine with me. Or actually, Team Rory is probably the best and most emancipated answer. Who knows? (We will, in just two days!!!)

Now, I hope you’ll be prepping some of these healthy peanut butter jelly christmas cookies to watch the four new Gilmore Girls episodes, because we all know that Lorelai and Rory’s food choices aren’t exactly sustainable or healthy.

Happy Thanksgiving or happy Gilmore Girls Revival, everyone!

Healthy Peanut Butter & Jelly Christmas Cookies (German Spitzbuben)

Prep time

2 hours

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

2 hours 12 mins

Author: Lynn Hoefer

Serves: 30

Ingredients

100g of (gluten free) oats
100g of buckwheat flour or spelt flour (spelt is not gluten free)
70g of ground almonds
90g of coconut sugar
70g of extra-virgin coconut oil
60g of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of of ice water
1 tablespoon of chia seeds + 3 tablespoons of water
1 vanilla bean
1 teaspoon of aluminum-free baking powder
a pinch of salt
a bit of powdered xylit to sprinkle

For the filling:

100g of homemade healthy chia jam

Instructions

Place the oats into a food processor or mixer and until ground to a flour. Set aside.
Place the chia seeds and water into a small bowl, stir and set aside to thicken for about 10 minutes. Stir it at least once again.
Heat the coconut oil in a small pot, and then fill it into a mixing bowl or food processor. Add coconut sugar, peanut butter, chia-mix, the inside of the vanilla bean and mix until well combined, for about 30 seconds to one minute.
Now add the ground oats, ground almonds, buckwheat or spelt flour and mix well. If the dough is too dry, add one tablespoon of ice-cold water. Place the dough into the fridge for one hour.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
Place the dough on the kitchen counter that you sprinkled with buckwheat flour. Knead it quickly, then roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Cut out circles with cookie cutters. Cut smaller shapes into the middle of half of the circles. (I used hearts, but circles would work just as well).
Place the cookies onto a baking sheet aligned with baking paper and bake for 8 - 12 minutes. Be sure to check them after 8 minutes to determine the final baking time. They burn quickly.
Let the cookies cool for a bit, then place about half a teaspoon of healthy chia jam on the cookies without the whole in them. Place the cookies with the whole on top of the chia jam and gently press them down.

Enjoy!

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