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3 Ingredient Thumbprint Cookies

October 26, 2014May 25, 2017 Melissa King 37 Comments

I love recipes with minimal ingredients. These 3 ingredient thumbprint cookies are so easy to make! They can be made in less than 20 minutes!

These 3 ingredient thumbprint cookies would be great for cookie swaps during the holidays. I used raspberry jam in mine, but you can use any jam you like.

I think these thumbprint cookies would be great with my blueberry chia jam too. Yum! These healthy thumbprint cookies are flourless, vegan, gluten free and paleo.

If you have someone with a nut allergy in your house, you can use sunflower seed butter in this recipe as well. Or if you prefer almond butter or peanut butter. I think the peanut butter would give it a pbj&j feel.

Yummy! I chose cashew butter because it is buttery in texture and mild in flavor. I made my own cashew butter, but grinding up some cashews in the food processor for about 10 minutes. You can also use store bought cashew butter if you like.

If you choose to make your own cashew butter, but the cashews in “pieces” vs whole cashews. The pieces are often much cheaper. 🙂

Healthier Pineapple Upside Down Cake

October 25, 2014May 26, 2017 Melissa King 14 Comments

Healthier Pineapple Upside Down Cake. This pineapple upside down cake is made healthier with whole grain flour and no refined sugars. It’s also vegan and gluten free.

This healthy pineapple upside down cake is super easy to make too! I was amazed at how rich and buttery it tasted.

The pineapples caramelize during the cooking process so they are super sweet and juicy. I used coconut butter instead of butter and it came out great. I don’t think you could taste the coconut at all.

Just caramelized pineapple deliciousness! I have also used coconut butter in my lemon blueberry cookies.

I used sorghum flour in my pineapple upside down cake because I like the cake-like texture it produces. It’s great in my pumpkin chocolate chunk cookies.

I am sure you can probably use gluten free oat flour as well. This takes no time at all to make and your kitchen will smell amazing!

I know traditional pineapple upside down cake calls for maraschino cherries, but I didn’t want to use those since they are not healthy at all.

I garnished mine with dried cherries after it was cooked. You might also be able to use frozen, thawed cherries. Or you can just leave it plain.

Flourless Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies

September 27, 2014December 14, 2014 Melissa King 95 Comments

Omg these flourless chocolate pumpkin cookies just might be my new favorite pumpkin recipe this season! I know I said that about my paleo pumpkin pie cupcakes and my pumpkin truffles, but these flourless chocolate pumpkin cookies are amazing too! I guess I just really love pumpkin recipes! Especially when they are healthy pumpkin recipes. The best part about this recipe? It only contains 6 simple ingredients!

Not only do these healthy pumpkin cookies contain no flour, but they also contain no refined sugar either. No mixer needed to make this super easy recipe. These pumpkin cookies are vegan, gluten free and paleo. If you need a nut free version, you can probably use sunflower butter or pumpkin butter.

Flourless Pumpkin Cookies (Vegan, Paleo)

September 19, 2014November 5, 2017 Melissa King 41 Comments

Okay it’s officially September so I feel like I can start with a pumpkin recipes. Starting with these Flourless Pumpkin Cookies. One can never have too many pumpkin recipes right? Especially if they are healthy pumpkin recipes.

Personally, I eat pumpkin all year long, but I many people don’t. These Flourless Pumpkin Cookies would be a great recipe to start with. I

t’s super easy, has few ingredients and there is no mixer needed! If you are a lover of all things pumpkin, you may also enjoy this post.

Flourless Pumpkin Cookies

These pumpkin cookies are vegan, gluten free and grain free. They are also paleo friendly.

If you wanted a nut free version, you could probably use pumpkin butter or sunflower seed butter in place of the cashew butter. These cookies also freeze well if you want to make a double batch!

Apple Pie Ice Cream (Vegan, Paleo)

September 17, 2014April 7, 2018 Melissa King 34 Comments

I know we are getting close to the beginning of fall, but ice cream is always a good idea. 🙂 This Apple Pie Ice Cream is so awesome!

It seriously tastes like an apple pie ala mode. The best thing about this apple pie ice cream? It’s made healthier! I was licking the spoon as it was churning in the ice cream maker.

This might just be my most favorite ice cream recipe ever. I used my crock pot applesauce for this recipe. I highly recommend doing the same.

Slow cooking the apples in all the spices brings out the natural sugars and creates a great flavor profile for this recipe. I think that is what brought this over the top for me.

I am going to have a hard time sharing this one with hubby and the kids. 🙂

Pumpkin Truffles (Vegan and Gluten Free)

September 14, 2014May 29, 2017 Melissa King 93 Comments

Pumpkin Truffles. Are you sick of pumpkin yet? I am so obsessed with pumpkin recipes these days. These pumpkin chocolate truffles are delicious and they would be perfect for a Thanksgiving dessert.

I had to stop myself from eating more than one. These pumpkin chocolate truffles may be my most favorite pumpkin dessert recipe yet! You can’t really go wrong with pumpkin and chocolate!

These pumpkin truffles are a little bite of heaven. You only need 7 ingredients to make them! They are vegan, gluten free and paleo. Imagine a pumpkin cream covered in chocolate.

Perfection! I used chocolate chips in my recipe, but this would also work with my 3 ingredient chocolate recipe. If you choose to use that, don’t add the milk. Just make the chocolate sauce as is. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!