“Oatmeal Creme” Pies (grain-free, egg-free, dairy-free and no refined sugars!)

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Cookie Ingredients:

1 cup creamy almond butter (or cashew, sunbutter would probably work to but will react with baking soda and turn green)

1/3 cup raw honey

2 tsp. vanilla extract

3 Tbsp. water

1 Tbsp. ground chia seeds (I ground mine in a coffee grinder)

1 1/2-2 tsp. cinnamon

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

Scant less than 1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

1/2 cup raisins

Cookie Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all the cookie ingredients together in a large bowl. Allow to set a few minutes so that the chia will bind the batter.
3. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Drop spoonfuls of dough unto the the paper. (I made mine small…so I could make LOTS of oatmeal cream pies…you can also make them big and have giant ones.)
4. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 8-12 minutes (or until lightly browned on top).
5. Remove cookies from oven and press down gently with a small piece of parchment paper to flatten (be careful not to push too hard to break the cookies).
6. Cool completely.

Marshmallow Creme* Ingredients:

1 cup water (split in half)
1 cup raw honey (I made one batch with 2/3 cup honey and another batch with 1/2 cup honey–both worked well for me!)
1 Tbsp. gelatin (I did 1 packet of gelatin which is a bit less than 1 Tbsp.)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of salt

*NOTE: This makes a lot of marshmallow cream–I made a double batch of cookies last night with a single batch of marshmallow creme only using 1/2 cup honey and had a lot leftover. I just poured the extra into a parchment paper-lined pan and plan on cutting it up into marshmallows