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Chocolate-Dipped Walnut and Currant Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup pecans (or more walnuts)
  • 1/2 cup almond flour (hazelnut flour might work here too)
  • 6 Tbsp coconut palm sugar or other granulated sweetener
  • 1/16 tsp pure stevia extract (or several more tablespoons of sugar)
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup currants (or your favorite chopped dried fruit)
  • 2 eggs, whisked
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • For dipping: 4 oz of your favorite dark or semisweet chocolate
  • 1/2 tsp coconut oil
  • Optional: 4 Tbsp powdered xylitol or powdered sugar (I tried to dust my cookies with this and it barely showed up, this is only for looks)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Line two large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  •  In a food processor, pulse the walnuts and pecans until it resembles a meal. Keep pulsing until the mixture sticks together in clumps.
  • Add walnut-pecan "dough" to a medium mixing bowl along with the almond flour, sweetener, cinnamon and salt. Stir to combine.
  •  Stir in the whisked egg, currants and vanilla and combine until a dough forms.
  • Divide mixture into 40 round balls. Flatten each dough ball slightly (these cookies will not spread much) and bake for 13-15 minutes until golden on the edges and slightly firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool.
  •  Heat chocolate and coconut oil in a double broiler until melted. Dip one side of cooled cookies into chocolate and placed on parchment or wax paper. Sprinkle with powdered xylitol/sugar if desired. Let firm at room temperature or put in refrigerator to harden. Enjoy!