ChocolateHazelnut Cookies

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe

Makes servings

Preparation Time:

Amount Per Serving

Calories

Calories from fat

minutes

Daily Value*

Total Fat g

Saturated Fat g

Cholesterol mg

Sodium mg

Carbohydrate g

Dietary Fiber g

Protein g

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Calcium

Iron

Percent Daily Values are based on a

calorie diet

DRY INGREDIENTS

cup hazelnuts toasted and chopped

cups brown rice flour (or spelt flour)

/ cup ground flax seed

grams chocolate bittersweet dairyfree cut in

chunks

(

about / cup when cut)

or / cup dairyfree chocolate chips)

cup hazelnuts ground

/ teaspoon sea salt

teaspoons baking powder (double acting)

/ cup Sucanat sugar

or granulated sugar)

WET INGREDIENTS

/ cup maple syrup

/ cup brown rice syrup

tablespoons safflower oil

(

tablespoons vegetable shortening nonhydrogenated

(

or walnut oil or canola oil)

tablespoon vanilla extract

(

or unrefined coconut oil or walnut oil

or canola oil or safflower oil)

Preheat oven to degrees F ( degrees C)

Put parchment paper down on a baking sheet (if you don't have parchment paper you can oil your baking sheet)

Cookies can even stick a little to a nonstick baking sheet which messes up the cookies so I greatly prefer

parchment paper because it always makes for very easy removal

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl Cut shortening (or oil) into flour mixture (using a fork and a knife) Add

about half of the chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chunks to these dry ingredients Set aside the other half of the

chopped hazelnuts and chocolate for using as garnish on the cookies before they are baked

Blend wet ingredients together

Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix together It may seem a bit dry at first but once you get all the

ingredients integrated it will form a slightly sticky shapable dough (If other flours besides those being called for

are used additional flour may be needed to create a stiff enough dough The dough is too wet if you can not

form cookies with your hands)

Form balls of dough and place on the cookie sheet (or sheets) Garnish cookies by pressing the remaining chopped

hazelnuts and chocolate chunks into the tops of the cookies

Bake for about minutes To prevent the bottoms of the cookies from burning you may like to place an extra

cookie sheet near the bottom of the oven to protect the main cookie sheet from the oven heating element When

the cookies are finished they will brown just slightly on the bottom When removing the cookies sheets from the

oven place them on a heat resistant cooling rack (or other elevated surface) so that air can circulate underneath

the sheet

After removing cookies from oven they will be quite soft This is partially due to the fact that the brown rice

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