Healthy-licious Ginger Bread Men

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of almond meal
• 4 Medjool Dates, pitted
• ½ tsp of gluten-free baking powder (make your own)
• 1 tsp of cinnamon, ground, unsweetened
• ¼ tsp of ginger, ground
• Pinch of nutmeg, ground
• 1 tsp of pure vanilla bean, ground, unsweetened
• Pinch of fine sea salt
• ¼ cup of rice malt syrup
• ¼ cup of virgin coconut oil, melted
• 1 egg white, free range
• Optional: Add 1-2 TBSP of almond milk if too crumbly
• Optional: dark cooking chocolate and nuts of your choice to garnish

Method:

1. Line your baking tray with baking paper and pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Place your Medjool Dates, almond flour, baking powder and spices you’re your food processor and pulse until crumbly mixture forms.
3. Add your wet ingredients and process again until well combined.
4. Wrap your dough into foil and place into the fridge for 1 hour.
5. Roll firmed dough into a thin sheet and cut or form into desired shapes.
6. Optional: Top with melted dark chocolate and nuts of your choice and bake for 30 minutes at 150 degrees.

Enjoy!!!