Scandinavian Thumbprint Cookies (gluten-free, egg-free)

You may remember my Santa Lucia post last December, where we made saffron buns. I mentioned how I'm from Danish heritage, and that we love to incorporate Scandinavian traditions at Christmas.

This book, Swedish Cakes and Cookies, is one of my favorite cookbooks, despite the fact that there are only about three gluten-free recipes in it. I love the pictures, and I get inspired by all the different ideas.

There are a few recipes that I want to adapt and post in the next couple weeks, beginning with this one, called Thumbprint Cookies.

This was actually one of the already gluten-free recipes in the cookbook. But it called for a stick of butter, an egg, and a cup of potato starch. I wanted mine to be egg-free for those of you who don't use eggs, and have less butter and starch.

They came out pretty amazing, and we all loved them. :-) I hope you do too.

Scandinavian Thumbprint Cookies

gluten-free, egg-free

Add to bowl:

1/4 cup ghee or coconut oil, liquified

3 tbsp honey or agave

1/4 cup applesauce

1 tbsp Chia Seed meal (I grind my seeds in coffee grinder or Magic Bullet. 1 tbsp meal is equal to about 1/2 tbsp seeds)

1/2 tsp vanilla

Beat with electric mixer.

Add:

1/3 cup tapioca flour

1/3 cup almond meal flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)

1/3 cup coconut flour, sifted

Beat with electric mixer.

Roll into little balls and place on unbleached parchment paper.

Use you fingers to create an indentation and fill it with raspberry or strawberry jam. I use Crofter's Just Fruit Spread, but St. Dalfour is another one with no added sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Makes 15 to 20 cookies, depending on their size.

♥, Kelly