Second Chances

Okay, I had to give the GP cookies another go at it.  As you know, the first time around, I forgot the maple syrup.  This really bummed me out especially after I went all around town looking for barley flour (found it at whole foods).  This time around, I was determined to make the recipe work and not lose my cool.  I have this horrible temper (a friend of mine called it my dark side).  It doesn't come out too often but when it does, watch out.  Thank God John is even keeled.  Then this (and this was after I picked up the shattered maple syrup bottle):

I didn't understand it.  What was up with these cookies!  By the way, you are not really a cookie!  You have no butter or sugar.  Stop kidding yourself.  Anyway, I stayed calm and cleaned up the mess, borrowed a cup from my sister's down the street and proceeded.  I was proud of myself.  

These granola circles were actually good.  Really good with a cup of coffee in the morning.  This recipe makes a lot so be ready to pass them out to friends.

Lalo's Famous Cookies (from My Father's Daughter)

4 cups barley flour
3 cups raw whole almonds crushed in a food processor (pulverize them)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup canola oil
1cup real Vermont maple syrup
Your favorite jam (plain strawberry worked great)

Preheat the oven to 350.
Combine all the ingredients (except the jam - but you knew that, right?) in a bowl and give it a good mixing.  Using a tablespoon, form into balls and space them out onto a cookie sheet.  Using a teaspoon, make indentations on each ball (don't use your finger, it doesn't work very well).  Fill each indent with a dollop of jam.  Bake for about 20 minutes.
Enjoy!