Cinnamon-Walnut Buttons (GF)

Ingredients

• 2 cups of walnut pieces
• 10 whole dates, pitted and roughly chopped
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• Pinch of sea salt
• 1 tbsp melted coconut oil
• 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
2. Place walnuts and dates in food processor and pulse until coarsely ground.
3. Then pulse in cinnamon, salt, oil and vanilla.
4. Continue to pulse until mixture begins to form a ball, as shown in photo above.
5. Scoop dough, one tablespoon at a time, and using your hands, form into tightly-packed dough-balls. (If you do not use your hands to press and roll into little dough balls, the cookies will not hold together and will come out crumbly.)
6. Gently flatten dough balls slightly using a fork to make a decorative criss-cross pattern. (If fork gets sticky with dough, simply wet lightly.)
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until firm. Cool completely on baking sheet. (Original recipe from Delicious Living magazine.)