Delicious Thumbprint Cookies

This week’s Sunday Supper comes from our good friend Christina Pirello, host of Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board, the Emmy Award-winning television series on American Public Television. Christina is passionate about plant-based, healthy eating and today she is sharing a delicious vegan cookie recipe. These cookies are little bites of heaven. They are soft and dense with a touch of preserves. After one bite, it is difficult to put them down. On a crisp fall day, they are the perfect accompaniment to a cup of warm espresso. For more delicious recipes, follow her on Instagram @christinacooks. Enjoy!

Thumbprint Cookies: Makes 12-24 cookies

Ingredients

• 5 Tbsp. vegan butter substitute
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1 tsp. of pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sprouted whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup fine almond flour
• 2 Tbsp. arrowroot
• 1/8 tsp. of sea salt - ground fresh in a FinaPod PRO Plus
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon - grate fresh in a FinaPod GT
• Pinch of ground nutmeg - grate fresh in a FinaPod GT
• Strawberry or other fruit-sweetened preserves

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
2. Place all ingredients, except the preserves, in a stand mixer and mix until a stiff dough forms. Use your FinaMill and the correct FinaPod to grind the salt, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.
3. Form the dough into walnut size balls and arrange on the baking sheet allowing about an inch between each cookie for rising.
4. Wet your thumb and make an indent in each cookie. Using a small spoon, fill the indent in each cookie fully with the fruit-sweetened preserves.
5. Bake for 13-14 minutes. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool completely before transferring them to a container.

About Christina Pirello and Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board

Christina Pirello is the Emmy Award-winning host of the American Public Television series, Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board. Christina is a best-selling author of thirteen cookbooks and an eminent authority on the impact food choices have on our personal wellness and the health of the planet. With more than 300 episodes of Christina Cooks produced since 1997, Christina’s message is clear and still unique: what we choose to eat has a big impact on how we look, feel, age, and move through this challenging world. Check your local public TV station listings for her program and follow her @christinacooks on Instagram and Christina Cooks Official on Facebook.