A healthy dairy-free and refined sugar-free cookie baked with macadamia oil, studded with chia/nuts and sweetened with dates is a great more-ish snack for your everyday.
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Cookies, Snack
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Keyword: chia cookies, date cookies, healthy snack, refine sugar free baking, rosemary cookies, walnut cookies
Pre-heat oven to 180C (convection). Line a cookie tray with baking paper.
Place all ingredients in a large bowl and mix with a wooden spoon. Using the palm of your hands, shape dough into 1cm thick and 5cm round cookies. Place on prepared tray leaving a space of of at least 3cm between the cookies. these don't expand and spread, but still!
Place the tray on the middle rack in your oven and bake for approximately 18-20 minutes until cookies are golden. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the tray. these are crumbly but harden as they cool
Store in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.
Notes
I used Brookfarm macadamia oil for this recipe. It has a rich nutty flavour and is great for baking.You can substitute macadamia oil for light olive oil, grapeseed oil or rice bran oil.To make these gluten-free Substitute whole wheat flour for gluten free flour.To make these vegan, substitute the egg for - 1/4 cup apple sauce and reduce maple syrup to 1 tablespoon OR 1 tablespoon cornflour mixed with 2 tablespoons water OR 1 tablespoon of macadamia oil and 1 tablespoon of water