Chocolate & Orange Christmas Cookies - Recipe

Healthy Christmas cookies, with chocolate, almonds, ginger, rose, pistachio, cranberries & hazelnuts.

Serves

Prep in

10 minutes

Cooks in

10 minutes

My basic Christmas cookie recipe remains unchanged year on year but I just get fancy with the flavours. They’re perfectly chewy in the centre, perfectly crisp on the outside & perfectly balanced when it comes to their nutrient profile too.

I’m all for enjoying the festivities but to me enjoyment goes hand in hand with nourishment . I use gloriously sumptuous tahini, delicately sweet ground almonds & a dash of syrup to create this abundant joy, & then as you can see from the recipes below, it’s all about adding your favourites to the mix & baking until golden.

Recipe makes 16 cookies.

Key Facts

Festive recipes
Well balanced
Quick & easy

Ingredients

BASE
1 cup tahini
1 egg
1/3 cup brown rice syrup or honey
1 cup ground almonds
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 tablespoon raw cacao powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
2 teaspoons orange zest
Large handful dried cranberries
30g dark chocolate to decorate

Preparation

01

Preheat your oven to 175°C.

02

Mix the wet ingredients to a smooth paste then fold through the almonds followed by the other ingredients.

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03

Roll out tablespoon sized balls & space far apart on a lined baking tray. Bake for 8-10 minutes, watch them towards the end as they’ll suddenly catch otherwise!

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