Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Yields: 10 people

 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rolled oats

• 1 cup almonds

• 1 cup spelt flour

• 1/2 cup corn or safflower oil

• 1/4 cup maple syrup

• 1/4 cup brown rice syrup

• Fruit-sweetened jam of your choice

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine oats and almonds in a blender or food processor and blend until they have the consistency of flour.

3. Add to a large bowl with spelt flour.

4. In a small bowl mix together the oil, maple and brown rice syrup.

5. Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well.

6. Make 1-inch balls with your hands and press flat onto a cookie sheet.

7. Make an indentation with your thumb into the center of each cookie.

8. Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of jam.

9. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

10. Cool and enjoy!

 

Notes:

• Make these cookies without the jam and use as a pie crust, or bake and crumble as a topping for frozen desserts.