Paleo & Vegan Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
A fun take on a traditional dessert, these paleo and vegan salted caramel thumbprint cookies are a delicious holiday treat made with clean ingredients!
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
Thumbprint Cookies
- 1/2 batch paleo & vegan salted caramel sauce
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 1/3 cup ghee or coconut oil for vegan, melted
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Make the salted caramel sauce first and let it cool at room temperature while making the cookies.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together almond flour and sea salt.
- Add in ghee, maple syrup, and vanilla extract, and mix until a wet dough forms.
- Form the dough into a ball, cover with a plastic wrap, and chill for 15 minutes to set.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Divide the dough and form into 16 balls and place on the parchment paper 2 inches apart.
- Make an indentation in the center of each dough with your thumb or the rounded end of a utensil, a little deeper than you would expect. The center will rise a bit while baking. Smooth out the sides the best you can if they crack.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and if the indents have risen too much, push down on them lightly while the cookies are still hot. Transfer to a cooling rack with a spatula to cool for 10 minutes.
- Spoon the salted caramel sauce into each cookie. If you have leftover sauce, you can use it with another batch of these cookies, or drizzle over other desserts or fruits.
- Sprinkle with sea salt flakes.
- Cool completely until the caramel filling solidifies. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. The filling will set more as it chills.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 29mg | Potassium: 26mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg