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Carob Date "Chocolate Chip" Cookies

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Servings 14

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup softened butter or coconut oil, melted
  • 3 Tablespoons 100% Date Syrup
  • 2 Tablespoons finely shredded coconut unsweetened
  • 1/4-1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons almond butter
  • 2 Tablespoons flax meal
  • 4 Tablespoons water
  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 1/3 cup gluten-free raw oats
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Celtic salt
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or Macadamia nuts
  • 1/4 cup Carob Chips unsweetened (I used Sunspire Unsweetened Carob Chips)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375ºF.
  • In a large bowl mix flax meal and water and set aside.
  • In another bowl add butter (or coconut oil), date syrup, vanilla, almond meal and finely shredded coconut; blend well.
  • Transfer butter batter to flax/water mixture and stir together.
  • Add almond meal, oats, baking soda, Celtic salt and mix until well combined.
  • Fold in chopped nuts and carob chips.
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Scoop batter with a mini scoop onto nonstick pan, separating each cookie by 2".
  • Flatten slightly with a spoon.
  • Bake for 12 minutes until firm and just slightly golden.