Cookie BlogHop: Pistachio Almond Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies. Vegan

Its the time for a Blog hop and This month's theme is Cookies!

There are sooo many cookies to choose from! I finally decided on making nutty, crunchy Pistachio thumbprint cookies!

Its also the month of festivities, cakes and cookies! I baked a Christmas Stollen wreath today and have to bake up a decadent Kahlua fruit cake over the weekend!:) What are you all baking up this month?!

These cookies are almost a protein bar(3.5 gm per cookies) with so many nuts and all unrefined whole ingredients! I topped them with cranberry pear simple chutney. You can use any cranberry jam or eat them as is!

Some other fun holiday treats from the archives..

Coconut Almond Rum balls

Butter Free Cashew Fudge

and lots of Cookies here.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup raw pistachioes
• 1/3 cup raw almonds
• 3 Tablespoons walnuts
• 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 Tablespoons raw sugar
• 2 Tablespoons agave
• 2 Tablespoons virgin coconut oil or organic canola oil or Earth balance butter
• 1 teaspoon flax meal
• 3 Tablespoons warm water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder or spice of choice
• jam or chutney for filling( I used cranberry pear chutney)

Directions:

1. In a bowl, add hot water, flax meal and coconut oil. Mix well and let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Add in the vinegar, sugar, salt, agave and spices and mix for 2 minutes till well combined.
3. Grind the pistachios, almonds, walnuts separately using pulse so they dont become too buttery.
4. Add in the ground nuts, and sift whole wheat flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients and mix well.
5. The mixture will be a slightly stiff but still sticky dough. Add more flour if the mixture is more like a batter.
6. Oil hands or spoon and shape into balls. Place on parchment and make a deep dent in the center.
7. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F for 14-16 minutes depending on cookie size and thickness.
8. Cool on rack. The cookies might be soft when right out of the oven but will solidify to a biscuity texture. Fill thumbprint with jam or any other filling of choice!
9. Cranberry Pear Chutney: Cook 3/4 cup cranberries and half a pear pureed with 1 Tbsp jaggery/raw sugar, ginger powder, cinnamon, pinch of salt till all cranberries pop and chutney thickens.

Nutrition Facts

Amount per serving 1 cookie

Calories: 130.6 kcal

Carbohydrate (42%) 14.07 g

Protein 3.5 g

Total Fat (49%) 7.61 g

Monounsaturated 2.54 g

Polyunsaturated 2.12 g

Saturated 2.51 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Dietary Fibre 2.25 g

Vitamin A 29.79 IU

Niacin 0.85 mg

Vitamin B6 0.13 mg

Folate 9.84 mcg

Vitamin E 1.03 mg ATE

Calcium 18.69 mg

Iron 0.8 mg

Magnesium 31.79 mg

Phosphorus 81.47 mg

Potassium 124.77 mg

Sodium 0.67 mg

December is #cookielove month! I am co-hosting this bloghop with some amazing bloggers.. do drop by to check their wonderful creations!

Badger Girl Learns to Cook/ Kimberly Aime/ @BdgerGrl

Baking and Cooking, A Tale of Two Loves/ Becky Higgins

BigFatBaker/ Erin Meyer/ @BigFatBaker

Bloc de recetas/ Salomé/ @Blocderecetas

Bon a croquer /Valerie/ @Valouth

CafeTerraBlog/ Terra Baltosiewich / @CafeTerraBlog

Cake Duchess/ Lora/ @cakeduchess

Creative Cooking Corner/ Karriann Graf/ @KarriannGraf

Easily Good Eats/ Three-Cookies

Georgiecakes /Georgie Kubarych /@georgiecakes

Hobby And More / Richa/ @betit19

knitstamatic / Deb/ @knitstamatic

Mike's Baking / Mike R./ @mikesbaking

Mis Pensamientos / Junia/ @juniakk

No One Likes Crumbley Cookies / T.R./ @TRCrumbley

Oh Cake / Jessica Hose/ @jesshose

Queen's Notebook /Elizabeth Quirino/ @Mango_Queen

Savoring Every Bite /Linda Geiler/ @Spicegirlfla

Simply Reem / Reem /@simplyreem

Soni's Food for Thought / Soni/ @sonisfood

Teaspoon of Spice /Deanna Segrave-Daly/ @tspbasil

That Skinny Chick Can Bake!!!/ Liz / @Thatskinnychick

The Art of Cooking Real Food / Laura /@TAofCRF

The Spicy RD / EA Stewart /@thespicyrd

The Wimpy Vegetarian /Susan Pridmore /@chezsuzanne

Vegan Yack Attack! /Jackie Sobon/ @veganyackattack

Vegetarian Taste Buds/ Raji / @vegtastebuds

Please join in on the #cookielove fun by linking up any cookie recipe from the month of December 2011. Don't forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #cookielove event! The twitter hashtag is #cookielove :).