No Bake Oreos

Thank you Chocolate-Covered Katie. This recipe looks awesome.

No-Bake Oreo Cookies
Makes 30-34 sandwich cookies
(No refined sugar!)

• 1 cup walnuts (see nutrition link below, for substitutions) (120g)
• 1 and 1/3 cup pitted dates (I highly recommend Sunmaid, which are softer) (200g)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp regular cocoa powder (or Dutch-processed for more of a “cookie” taste)
• coconut butter or raw cashew butter (see nutrition link below, for substitutions)
• optional: sweetener of choice, if a sweeter filling is desired

Combine first 5 ingredients in a food processor, and process until the dates are completely broken up. (I used a Cuisinart. For best texture results, don’t use a blender.) Transfer the dough to a ziploc-type bag, seal, and smush it into one tight ball. Then roll out onto a sheet of wax or parchment paper, and use cookie cutters to make circles (or other shapes!). Fridge or freeze the circles for a few minutes, so they’re firmer and therefore easier to frost. Once firm, spread the filling on 1/2 the circles and then top with remaining circles.
These are best stored in the fridge or freezer, as coconut butter melts at room temperature. (P.S. coconut butter really doesn’t have a coconutty flavor, if you were worried about that. Its flavor is more like shortbread. However, feel free to use one of the other options if you’d prefer.)