These delicious cookies, chock full of coconut, walnuts and raisins are the product of our very recent visit to my parents.
Today the boys and I returned home to Colorado from visiting them in California. We went to have some family bonding time and distract them from a health issue one of them has been dealing with over the past year.
While there, we were able to see my sister, Dina and hang out with her. Of course, I wanted to know what she’s been cooking lately. Among many other things, she’s been making a version of my chocolate chip cookies sans chocolate, adding coconut, walnuts and raisins.
After making dinner and doing a few loads of laundry, I eagerly popped these in the oven. They were every bit as good as she said they would be.
Dina's Delightful Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil or palm shortening
- ¼ cup agave nectar or honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ¼ cup raisins
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine oil, agave and vanilla
- In a medium bowl, combine almond flour salt, baking soda, walnuts, coconut and raisins
- Stir dry ingredients into wet, mixing thoroughly
- Form dough into 1-inch balls and flatten onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown around the edges
- Cool and serve
The dough for these cookies tends to be a little crumbly so you’ll need to use some extra pressure when forming it into balls. In terms of other information regarding this recipe, I toasted the chopped walnuts, though not the shredded coconut. No reason really, other than instinct. I cook quite a lot by instinct so it’s kinda funny to me when people ask why I do things a certain way. Often there is no conscious reason.
Dina uses these as a breakfast cookie. While I myself don’t do well eating sweets for breakfast, many of you might find these a tempting and delicious way to start your day. I’ll be saving mine for dessert. Either way, thanks Dina, and yum!
Kathy says
Thank you, Elana (and Dina too). These cookies were so easy to whip up and bake and turned out great. I used ghee instead of grapeseed oil or palm shortening and chopped pecans in place of chopped walnuts.
Elana says
Thanks Kathy!
Heidi says
These are delicious!! Thank you — it is not easy to find egg free, dairy free and gluten free recipes. :-) I will definitely be making these often.
Elana says
Heidi, you’re welcome! Here’s a link to my Egg-Free Desserts page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/special-diets/egg-free-dessert/
Enjoy!
Elana