Peanut Butter & Jam Thumbprint Cookies
In complete contradictory fashion, my rain jacket finally arrived in the mail!
{Please also notice my fabulous new full-length mirror. I smashed the other one on Monday. Whoops. I like this one better.}
Boo yah. This is the Arcteryx Alpha LT and I could not be more excited! Dallas & I have been working on getting our hiking gear together so that we can get more into the sport…& eventually do the West Coast Trail! And now, when I should be excited about the heat, I just want it to rain. haha.
And more exciting news: my kitty cat was found!! Gizmo ran away last March {almost a year & a half ago}, and I thought he was a goner. I was so sad & felt really bad for losing him. But I got a call last week saying he’d been living in a neighborhood where he was well-fed & looked after, even through the winter! I’m so glad he’s home again. He is a snuggly, lovable boy. Mowzers is still learning to share space, but they get a little closer every day. Tonight they’re playing together! It’s adorable to watch.
What’s that now? Cookays!!
Time for some delicious treats! I find anything fruit-y in the summertime to be desirable, so I was really excited when I thought these up. I used a low-sugar jam from Smucker’s, with blueberries, pomegranate, & cranberries inside. Mmmm delicious! And there’s just enough peanut butter in these babies for that perfect peanut butter flavour, but not enough to expand your pants 
Aside from the low-sugar jam, these little gems are sugar-free! So tell me, what’s not to love?
Enjoy, foodies! From my kitchen to yours <3
| Peanut Butter & Jam Thumbprint Cookies |
- 1 1/4 cup almond pulp
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- 2 tbsp stevia
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp xantham gum
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- .
- 1 cup almond mylk, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup applesauce, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup jam {I used low sugar Blueberry Raspberry Pomegranate}
- 1/4 cup natural peanut butter
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- extra jam, 1/2 tbsp for each cookie
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a spatula to stir together dry ingredients. Mix well.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. When fully mixed, pour into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Lay a silicone mat onto your cookie sheet. Use an ice cream scoop to portion cookies evenly onto tray. Use your thump or the back of a spoon to make an impression in each cookie. Fill each impression with a 1/2 tbsp of jam.
- Bake @ 350 degrees for 13-15 mins until tops of cookies are golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 2-3 mins until transferring to cooling rack. Allow to cool completely, about 10 mins.
- Devour. Store remaining cookies in the refrigerator.
peace, love, food <3
Char, xo
Categories: Hiking | 16 Comments
Hello there!
I love the story of your cat! I remember I caught a cat in my yard that I had been watching awhile and as I went to drive him to the vet (looking for a microchip) I found a tattered poster to a pole. He was considerably thinner – but it was him. I think he had been missing at least 4 months. I love endings like that.
Very exciting about the trail! I loved reading up on that.
Awww! Thank you for returning him to his owner, Samantha! I love happy endings like that, too :’) I bet they were just as grateful as I am to have their baby back. I reported him missing to the SPCA & the vets, but in hindsight I should have put up posters, too.
And thank you! I’m really excited to do the trail. We’re aiming for next summer. We still have a lot of gear to buy, & a lot of training to do!
I really can’t wait for you write-up of that experience. My longest backpacking has been about 4 days. This is going to be great fun for you!
Oh I promise I will!! We’re planning on bringing the camera & I’ll do a full write-up when we get back. I’ll document our training, too. You went for 4 days?? How exciting! What was the experience like? We’re planning a full-day trip when Dallas gets back, & then hopefully we’ll get sleeping bags & a tent for some overnight practice
I can’t wait!
I love you mirror! :)Oh my goodness, that is amazing about your cat! If they knew how to contact you, why in the world did they wait so long? I’m glad you finally got him back though, that is so so amazing! And I’ve been wanting to make jam thumbprint cookies for awhile now! I will have to try this out. The peanut butter sounds so tasty with it! They look delish! Thanks!
Thank you, Annie! Apparently everyone thought he was a stray, but once he started to get dirty & matted they brought him to the vet. When the vet found the tattoo, I got a call! I’m so glad he’s home again. Hope you get a chance to try the cookies! They are super delicious
A) I Love Love raspberry thumbprint cookies and am ridiculously excited by this recipe!
B) I LOVE even more a happy found-cat story, but I can’t believe after 1 year and a half you heard about him! Wow, that’s incredible! So happy to hear he’s alive and well.
C) You look awesome in that jacket!
Thank you, thank you, & thank you, Anna! I hope you’re having a great day!!
xoxo
Those look wonderful! I have yet to make them myself, you know, among the other thousand things I want to make lol
Very nice!
SL
Oohh my gosh, I hear you! Every time I go on the internet, I find six more recipes I want to make. It never ends!! I wish I could have a little taste of everything
Woww I can’t believe your kitty is back with ya! That’s pretty remarkable~:) And I love me some thumbprint cooookayyyss nom nom chompp arghhhh (lol, cookie monster)
bahahaha I love cookie monster!! best comment ever!
I’m so happy your cat is back, and I love the rain jacket. So cute!
thank you, Katie!!
omg.. your was found so many years later! that is so cool. he is probably getting smothered with cuddles now:)
those cookies are so pretty!
hehe yes, lots of cuddles
I’m so happy to have him home!