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Pecan Pie Cookie Dough Balls

By Katie HigginsUpdated Aug 28, 2015

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Side note:

Yes, I’ve gone back to the old blog header.

This change isn’t permanent. Currently I’m working with a web designer the most patient person in the world to completely overhaul the site’s layout, making it much more user-friendly (including a print option for the recipes). Hopefully it will all be completed soon. New year, new blog?

Now back to your regularly-scheduled cookies…

Pecan pie cookies you can make in minutes.

Delicious and good for you at the same time. If you’ve ever had a pecan pie Larabar, that’s exactly what these pecan pie energy bites taste like.

Pecan Pie Babies

(raw and gluten-free)

• 1/2 cup raw pecans (For all substitutions on this recipe, see nutrition link below) (52g)
• packed 1 cup pitted dates (I use Sunmaid, found in regular grocery stores near the raisins, as they are softer and stickier than the ones found in natural food stores.) (160g)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
• optional: chocolate chips (or mini chips, or a piece of your favorite chocolate bar)

Combine all ingredients in a food processor until it makes a crumbly dough. (You can add the optional chocolate chips either before or after blending.) Pour crumbles into a bag and smush into one big ball. Remove from bag and form little balls. Or you can make bars or cookie-cuttered shapes if you prefer. This can also be made in a Magic Bullet: halve the recipe for best blending in a bullet.

View Nutrition Facts

Question of the Day:

Christmas is coming up too quickly, and I have quite a few cookie recipes left to post, meaning some of them will have to wait until next year.

If you have a preference, please let me know which ones you’d most like to see:

• Flourless Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
• Mint-Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Chocolate Quinoa Cookies
• Cookies in a Jar
• Cake Batter Macaroons

Link of the Day:

….Chocolate Monkey Bites