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.
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:
Hey Katie,
So I have an immersion blender. Can I use that instead of a Magic Bullet? I might buy myself a MB, but if my stick blender will work, I’d rather stick with that.
You’re the best!
=]
Cake Batter Macaroons! I love macaroons and coconut.
Yay I love these festive cookie balls
Just made these for Christmas family dinner and everyone liked them more than the actual homemade pies! Converting my extended family to healthy living one recipe at a time!
I would like to try the choc.quinoa cookies or the macaroons..eat healthier for my new year resolution.
This is my first time using date/eating dates ever and oh my goodness WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING OUT ON?! Thanks for the yummy treat 🙂
When I was rolling them my hands were covering in oil. Is that how it is supposed to be? Are dates really good for you if they have that much oil in them?
I’m thinking chocolate quinoa cookies sounds great! Or mint chocolate chip cookies. Another idea would be Girl Scout thin mints. I have a recipe for that I’m going to try next weekend, but I feel like you can always improve any recipe!
I have had gastric bypass and I am extremely sensitiy to sugar. Causes severe nausea. I need totally sugar free recipes. I tolerate Slenda well. Any recipes that splenda work well with?
just made these.. put them in the freezer to help them set. i don’t know how you made 23 balls out of this recipe, though. i could barely make 16! they must be super tiny, lol. they do taste pretty good.
I’m trying to pin this recipe – but it’s not working! I think something must have changed with the new design. Pinterest tries to load a page of different size images, but all are blank, with the various sizes being listed a “0 x 800” “0 x 1024” – they all have 0 as one of the dimensions, therefore nothing is showing. I hope this makes sense!