Bethala's Healthy Cookies

Ingredients:

1 Cup gluten free flour mixture (The recipe originally calls for spelt)
1 Tbs. arrowroot powder or cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 Cup pecan meal or chopped pecans
1/3 Cup ghee
1/3 Cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla OR
1/2 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp. almond extract


Directions:


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl including the flour, arrowroot, salt, and pecan meal.  In a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients.  Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet to dry, stirring in extra flour as needed to get rid of too much stickiness in the batter.

Note: Adding more ghee will make the cookies more like shortbread whereas adding more maple syrup will make the cookies harder.

Roll the dough into small teaspoon size balls and place on a cookie sheet.  Press the center with a fork to create cross-hatched indentations then bake for 12 minutes.