Chewy Gluten Free Cookies

Thinking about the Holidays, what's better than cookies?  These cookies are fabulous with a variation suggested in the notes and pictured.  I think both the spice and lemon-poppy seed versions will be crowd favorites.  These cookies bake up great and freeze well.

My choice for ingredients include Bob's Red Mill almond flour and baking soda, Simply Organic spices, Date Lady date sugar and syrup plus Young Living's Lemon Vitality.

Adapted from https://leelalicious.com/gf-chewy-cinnamon-molasses-cookies-flourless-giveaway/

Ingredients:

• 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1/2 cup Date Lady date sugar
• 2 1/2 Tablespoons Date Lady date syrup
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups almond flour (super fine)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon Date Lady date sugar, for sprinkling

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.  Fill a small dish or bowl with water.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, date sugar, date syrup and egg.  
3. In another bowl whisk the almond flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt.  Add the dry mixture to the butter-date syrup mixture and stir well to combine (dough will be sticky).
4. With a teaspoon or your fingers, scoop out walnut-size portions of dough.  Dampen your hands, then roll the dough portions into balls.  Place them on the parchment lined baking sheet about 1 inch apart.  Gently press cookies with a fork dipped in water to flatten.  Sprinkle with date sugar.
5. Bake until cookies are set and slightly firm to the touch.  10 to 12 minutes.  Remove from the oven and cook on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to completely cool.
6. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week or freeze.

Notes:

• Lemon poppy-seed variation:  Replace the cinnamon, cloves and ginger with the zest of one lemon, 6-8 drops of Young Living's Lemon Vitality and poppy seeds.  Add the Lemon Vitality to the wet ingredients and the zest plus poppy-seeds to the dry ingredients.  I didn't measure the poppy-seeds just sprinkled in until it looks right.