Bonus? These Florentines are vegan, gluten-free, naturally sweetened, AND require just 8 ingredients, including nutrient-packed whole grains and seeds! What are you waiting for!? Let’s make life-changing Florentines! These caramelly cookies start with, well…the caramel! But there’s no candy thermometer or complicated methods here. Just combine vegan butter (or coconut oil), coconut sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt in a saucepan, whisking until it achieves a thick, caramel-like consistency. Next, we blend up a mix of nutrient-packed whole grains and seeds (pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, and rolled oats or sunflower seeds). Then we combine the coarsely ground oat/seed mixture with the caramelly mixture and we’ve got cookie dough. Yes, it’s that easy! After dolloping the dough onto baking sheets, we’re headed straight for cookie land. Once in the oven, the cookie dough spreads out (a lot!) to look like classic Florentine cookies. The cookies will become deep golden brown on the edges and crisp and snap-able. You can enjoy them right away or decorate with melted chocolate to make them pretty and decadent! We hope you LOVE these Florentine cookies. They’re:CrispyCaramellySalty-sweetNutty without nutsSO easy to make& Undeniably delicious! These cookies make a lovely gift, tea time treat, or snack to enjoy throughout the week.
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