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Almond Oat Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies (Gluten Free)

Almond Oat Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies (Gluten Free)

Ingredients

Dough

  • 80g almond flour/meal
  • 60g oat flour/meal
  • 45g tablespoons butter softened
  • 2 tablespoons icing sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla sugar/extract

Filling

  • 20g good quality dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon honey

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 175°C and line a baking tray with grease-proof paper.
  2. Mix all of the dough ingredients in a bowl until a dough starts to pull together.
  3. Scoop balls of roughly equal amounts (around a tablespoon each) and work them in your hand for a couple of seconds (I find this makes them easier to manipulate), then place them on the baking tray. Gently flatten with your palm or a fork and gently use your thumb to make an indentation in each one (go steady as the dough is crumbly), then carefully mould the cookies into rough circle shape with your fingers.
  4. Bake for around 11-13 minutes until they are a light, golden colour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly on the tray. You may find that some of the thumb indentations have become smaller as they've baked - if this is the case, gently push down either with your thumb (be careful - they're hot!) or the back of a small spoon. Do this carefully because they are a little fragile when hot, but don't wait until they have cooled, as the cookies will no longer be pliable.
  5. Heat the chocolate and honey in a Bain Marie until just melted (skip the honey if you like the bitterness of dark chocolate). Very carefully, spoon a little of the chocolate mixture into each hole in the cookies - don't overfill because it will just run down the sides! Allow to cool completely and the chocolate to set. Enjoy!