Yum Yum Nut Sweets
You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Yum Yum Nut Sweets Head to the store and pick up roasted almonds, sugar, safflower oil, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian diet.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 300°F. Grease a 7- or 8-inch square baking pan with the oil. Set aside.
Place the nuts in a food processor and chop until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
Put the contents into a small mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar and egg whites. With a spatula, scrape the contents of the bowl into the oiled pan and press into an even layer.
Bake for 1 hour for soft cookies or 1 1/2 hours for crisp cookies.
Remove from the oven. Allow to cool.
Cut into 1 3/4- or 2-inch squares.
Even though these are simply a chocolate version of the Yum Yums, everyone seems to think that they are brownies. Yum.Melt 2 1/2 ounces of 70% dark—not milk—chocolate in a double boiler.
Add to the mixing bowl after the sugar and egg whites. Proceed as directed.
Excerpted from The Intolerant Gourmet: Glorious Food without Gluten & Lactose by Barbara Kafka (Artisan Books). Copyright © 201
Photographs by Johnny Miller.