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Fruit and Nut Christmas Cookies

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From simple advent wreaths to favorite family recipes, holiday traditions connect us to the past and help us to cherish the present.

My mom made these cookies every year at Christmas time, and we loved them! I called her and asked for the recipe so I could tweak it a little bit to share in the Gallery of Christmas Cookies. The original recipe is a Christmas recipe that features seasonal or preserved foods. It is called ā€œHelen’s Christmas Cookiesā€ from the book ā€œGolde’s Homemade Cookiesā€ by Golde Hoffman Soloway.

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Instead of canned maraschino cherries, I’m using dried, unsulphured cherries. The almonds should be soaked and dehydrated prior to becoming part of these cookies, to deactivate the enzyme inhibitors. I also call for butter rather than shortening. My Kerrygold butter I got from Trader Joe’s is coming in handy!

Also, these cookies, like all my cookies lately, call for sprouted flour.

Using sprouted flour offers great benefits

  • sprouting the grain neutralizes the naturally-present phytic acid, which ensures maximum mineral absorption.
  • no need to soak the flour overnight because the phytic acid is already neutralized – a make and bake cookie!
  • sprouting grains increases the nutrition of the grain – for example, when wheat is sprouted, certain B vitamins and vitamin C levels go through the roof.
  • sprouted grains digest like vegetables – which is really exciting if you’re trying to watch your carbs!
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Fruit and Nut Christmas Cookies

Sprouted flour is available on my Resources page, or you can make your own.

Course Dessert
Author Wardee Harmon

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup dried cherries
  • 1/2 cup date pieces or whole dates
  • 1/2 cup almonds soaked and dehydrated
  • 3/4 cup pure water
  • 1 cup grass-fed butter softened
  • 1-1/2 cups Rapadura or Sucanat
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 organic or pastured eggs
  • 3 cups sprouted spelt flour *
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Coarsely chop cherries and dates (if whole).
  3. Chop the almonds.
  4. Combine in a small bowl and pour the water over all.
  5. Let soak for 1 hour.
  6. In a mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
  7. Beat well.
  8. Add fruit and nut mixture to the mixing bowl.
  9. Mix well.
  10. Add flour, baking soda and salt to the mixing bowl.
  11. Mix well.
  12. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  13. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown at the edges.
  14. Transfer cookies to cooling rack to cool, or slide the parchment paper off the baking tray (with the cookieonto a work surface.
  15. Store tightly when cool.
  16. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*Make your own sprouted flour! Here's how.

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Here are more nourishing Christmas dessert ideas:

  • Paleo Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (Grain-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free)
  • Easy Almond Cookies
  • Sourdough Apple Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Nourishing Christmas Pudding In The Instant Pot
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  • Chai Tea Gift Mixes

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About Wardee Harmon

Wardee lives in the Boise area of Idaho with her dear family. She's the lead teacher and founder of the Eat God's Way online cooking program as well as the author of Fermenting, Sourdough A to Z, and other traditional cooking books. Eat God's Way helps families get healthier and happier using cooking methods and ingredients from Bible Times like sourdough, culturing, and ancient grains.

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