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Fruit Thumbprint Cookies
These Fruit-filled Thumbprint Cookies are quick & easy to make, and don’t require very many ingredients. The cookies are simplistic, consisting only of flour, butter, sugar, and vanilla. But put them together with fruit jam, and you add a whole other level of taste.
Serve with tea or enjoy anytime!
Fruit Thumbprint Cookies Recipe — — — PRINT
Almond & Fruit Cupcakes
These Almond & Fruit Cupcakes are simple and fast to make, happen to be gluten-free, and hold very little sugar. This makes them quite versatile, and can be served primarily at breakfast, lunch, eaten even as an after-dinner light dessert, or just snacked on whenever (in moderation).
Enjoy with a topping of your favorite fruit jam.
I based this recipe off of the New York Times Food recipe for ‘Mini Almond Cakes’ which I really enjoyed but wanted to make my own recipe, and make it a little differently. I added egg yolks in addition to the usual fluffy egg white–but not before also fluffing the egg yolks with some confectioners sugar.
The cool thing about these Almond cupcakes is that they are automatically gluten-free, as they use almond meal instead of flour. They also do not use a ton of sugar and taste light, and go especially well with the sweeter fruit jam on the top. Enjoy!
Almond & Fruit Cupcakes Recipe – – – – – PRINT
Healthy Fruit and Nut Snack Balls
These healthy fruit and nut snack balls make a perfect snack anytime.
They are essentially dates, cranberries, cherries, almonds, and walnuts, and deliver the nutrition of the fruit and the protein and fiber of the nuts.
They are also very easy and simple to make.
Ingredients (makes approx. 24 balls):
40 medjool dates
¼ cup cranberries
¼ cup cherries
¾ cup almonds
½ cup walnuts
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
Optional, but recommended:
½ cup mini chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS:
Place dates, cranberries, and cherries in a food steamer.
Steam for about 10 minutes.
Place steamed fruits in a food processor, and blend them until creamed. Add cinnamon and salt and blend a bit more.
Place almonds and walnuts in a blender, and pulse until nuts are in very small little chunks, as shown.
Dump both the nuts and fruits into a large bowl, and mix and stir until completely incorporated.
If using chocolate chips:
Let fruit/nut mixture cool in fridge before attempting to stir in chocolate chips.
If you are using chocolate chips, now’s the time to mix those into the fruit mixture.
Roll mixture into little 1-inch balls with your hands, and place all on a parchment/wax-paper lined tray.
Place in fridge for 10+ minutes before using.
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