Ginger Fruit and Nut Cookies

Ingredients

For the cookies

• 2 tbsp. coconut oil

• 3 tbsp. almond butter

• 1⁄2 cup unsweetened almond milk

• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

  
  

• 1 tsp. ground ginger

• pinch of ground nutmeg or mixed spice

• zest of 1 orange

• 3 tbsp. Truvia

• 1 tsp. vanilla Extract

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 2 tbsp. almond or coconut flour

To decorate

• Chopped Walnuts

• Dried cranberries

• Dried cherries

• Crystallised ginger

• Chopped dried apricots

Directions

• 1.  

  Have 1-2 baking trays ready lined with greaseproof paper

• 2.  

  Place the coconut oil, almond butter and milk in a small pan and heat gently, allowing the nut butter to melt. Whisk in the spices and orange zest to infuse

• 3.  

  Remove from the heat and leave to stand for 5 minutes, then whisk in the Truvia, vanilla

• 4.  

  Stir in the oats and coconut or almond flour to combine, you should have a flapjack dough mixture

• 5.  

  Using a small cookie cutter or mini cake tin, take a heaped teaspoon of the mixture and spread in the mold on the lined baking tray. Smooth out then repeat to use all the mixture up - should make about 12 cookies

• 6.  

  Now decorate with dried fruits and nuts, gently pushing them into each cookie

• 7.  

  Freeze for about 30 minutes then keep in the fridge