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ALMOND COOKIES
VG, GF, SF

Ingredients

3/4 cup almond butter
3/4 cup almond pulp (leftover from making
-- almond milk)
3/4 cup unrefined sugar or Sucanat
1 egg
1/2 cup brown rice flour (plus extra for flouring
-- hands and fork)
1/4 cup starch (corn, arrowroot or
-- tapioca as tolerated)
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp almond or vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped almonds, almond pieces,
-- chocolate chips or carob chips

Directions

Cream almond butter, almond pulp, egg and sugar in a bowl. Add almond or vanilla extract. In a separate bowl combine rice flour, corn starch, cream of tartar and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to wet, and mix thoroughly. If using chocolate or carob chips, mix in at this point. If using chopped almonds or almond pieces reserve for later. Let dough sit in fridge for about 25 minutes to firm up a bit.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Put some rice flour into a bowl for flouring hands. Using floured hands, roll dough into balls 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Place on sheets about 2 inches apart. Keep dipping hands into flour before rolling each ball to keep dough from sticking. When done, flatten cookies with a fork dipped in rice flour to about 1/4 inch thickness. If using chopped almonds, sprinkle on top. If using almond pieces, press one piece in the center of each cookie.

Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown. Do not over bake. These cookies taste better the next day, after being stored overnight in a sealed plastic container such as Tupperware.

"This recipe is a modified version of the Rice Flour Peanut Butter Cookies published in a previous edition. The dough in this version is somewhat stickier. Flouring your hands before rolling each ball is a little more work, but well worth the effort. These cookies are a favourite of my husband, and were a hit at both our workplaces."

Robin Russell, Webmaster

Recipe published: Winter, 2000

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