Jam Dot Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Place walnuts on baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Lightly brush 3 baking sheets with oil or line with parchment paper; set aside.
- Meanwhile, put oats in food processor and pulse on/off 6 times.
- Add rice flour, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg and process to blend.
- Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula, pulse 2 more times to thoroughly combine.
- Transfer mixture to large bowl.
- While walnuts are still warm, grind them to a paste in food processor.
- Add oil, rice syrup, maple syrup and vanilla and process until blended and smooth.
- Add mixture to dry ingredients and mix until just blended.
- (Dough will be sticky.)
- Scoop out heaping teaspoonfuls of dough.
- Roll into balls and flatten to form cookies about 1 3/4 inches in diameter.
- (Its helpful to dip hands and utensils in water when working with this sticky dough.)
- With your thumb, make a deep indentation in center of each cookie.
- Fill each indentation with about 1/4 teaspoon fruit preserves.
- Place cookies on prepared baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart.
- Bake until bottoms are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
779
kcal
39% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).