Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies {GF, DF, Paleo, Whole30, Vegan}
The perfect non-guilty treat! These sweet, but not too sweet, cookies are the perfect little bite + so non-guilty that you could eat them for breakfast. There are only 5 main ingredients in the cookies....sunflower seeds, coconut flour, vanilla + maple syrup, and one-ingredient easy homemade strawberry jam!
Servings: 10 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup un-salted shelled sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup
- strawberry jam
- freshly grated nutmeg if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees + line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In a food processor combine sunflower seeds, coconut flour + sea salt. Pulse continuously until mixture looks like a slightly coarse flour* and mixture starts to slightly clump together. This takes a little a while, stopping to scrape the sides + bottom of the processor as needed.
- Next, add in vanilla + maple syrup. Pulse continuously again until the mixture starts to form into a ball + forms a loose dough.
- With slightly wet hands scoop out small spoonfuls of the dough to make 1.5 inch balls. Made about 10 cookies for me (I did eat a little of the dough along the way;)).
- Using your thumb, make an indentation in the middle of each cookie.
- Fill each indentation with a small spoonful of strawberry jam...no worries if jam raises above the height of cookie as jam will spread out. Just don't go too crazy;).
- Sprinkle with freshly grated nutmeg if desired.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until bottoms are dark golden brown and tops are slightly golden.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*The pictures shown are from the first round of cookies with a different recipe. In the final recipe, I processed the sunflower seeds more.
**If not making your own I recommend this one that is fruit-sweetened. I haven't tried it but it has good reviews + a great price!
Recipes adapted from Gluten Free Gigi.