Just Like Shortbread Cookies

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Servings: approximately 24 cookies

If you love shortbread, you are going to love these cookies!

Note that you may want to start soaking the nuts and seeds the night before you want to make these cookies (soak for 8–12 hours and see instructions at the beginning of this chapter). Soak the pine nuts, Brazil nuts, and sesame seeds in separate containers.

The recipe itself takes about 5 minutes to prepare once the nuts are soaked and then 24–48 hours in the dehydrator (or 10–20 minutes in the oven), depending upon how crisp you want them.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups presoaked sesame seeds

1½ cups presoaked pine nuts

1 cup presoaked Brazil nuts

½ cup coconut oil

2 Tbsp. vanilla extract

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. Celtic sea salt

½ tsp. ground ginger

½ tsp. ground fennel

⅓ cup natural sweetener–choose one:

• Organic erythritol or birch xylitol (Globalsweet.com has these sweeteners, but you want to avoid these options if you’re following the GAPS, SCD, SIBO diets)
• Organic honey
• Organic Medjool dates (if you use dates, remove pits and put them in your food processor first with ¼ cup hot water to make into a paste, then add other ingredients)

INSTRUCTIONS :

Put the sesame seeds in the oven at 200° F until they’re dry (this could take about 30–60 minutes–you could turn the oven up to 350° F to make it go faster). If you want to make raw cookies, put the sesame seeds in your food dehydrator until they’re dry (115° F for about 5–6 hours).

Once the seeds are dry, add all ingredients into your food processor with the S-blade. Blend thoroughly.

With a spoon or 1 Tbsp. measuring spoon, scoop the dough onto silicone baking sheets (they don’t need to be greased). Put in your food dehydrator at 115° F for 24 hours or until your cookies have the consistency you like (less time if you like softer cookies; more time if you like dry, harder cookies that taste like shortbread).

If you don’t have a food dehydrator, put them in your oven on the lowest temperature and check after 10 minutes and again at 20 minutes. Test the firmness with your spatula and remove when they are as firm as you like them. If you like soft cookies, you’ll take them out sooner.