Vegan Baklava Cookies

Name: Vegan Baklava Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour (, blanched superfine works best. Natural almond flour will work as well ); 3 tablespoon tapioca starch (or use potato or corn starch (or use 2 tbsp all purpose flour if ok with gluten) ); 1/8 teaspoon baking soda; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoon powdered sugar (or cane sugar ); 1 tbsp refined coconut oil, measure in semi-solid state, melt before using (, see note for oil free ); 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoon maple syrup; zest of 1/4 of a lemon ((Heaping 1/8 teaspoon) ); 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoon raw almonds or cashews or walnuts; 2 tablespoon walnuts or pecans; 2 tablespoon shelled raw unsalted pistachios, (Pistachios add a lot to the baklava flavor. You can sub walnuts or pecans. ); 8 small dates (or 5-6 medjool dates ); 2 teaspoons maple syrup, (Or more as needed); zest of 1/4 of a lemon

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 10 · 44m total

Servings

Calories

7% of a 2,000 cal day

146KCAL

Protein

4g7% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat9g

11%

Saturated2g

Unsaturated7g

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Total Carbs16g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars11g

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incl. Added Sugars6g

12%

Starch3g

—

Sodium46mg

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Crispy, nutty cookies inspired by Middle Eastern baklava, made entirely from almond flour, nuts, and dates. Naturally gluten-free and vegan, they deliver decadent flavor in a small package.

Ingredients

10 SERVINGS

1 cupalmond flour — blanched or natural
3 tbsptapioca starch — or potato starch or corn starch or all purpose flour
⅛ tspbaking soda
⅛ tspsalt
2 tbsppowdered sugar — or cane sugar
1 tbsprefined coconut oil — semi-solid
½ tspvanilla extract
3 tbspmaple syrup
⅛ tsplemon zest — heaping, ¼
½ tsplemon juice
2 tbspraw almonds — or raw cashews or raw walnuts
2 tbspwalnuts — or pecans
2 tbspshelled raw unsalted pistachios — or walnuts or pecans
8small dates — or Medjool dates
2 tspmaple syrup
¼lemon zest

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Method

44m total

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