This recipe for easy olive oil cookies gives you the option for a sweet treat when you are on a low FODMAP diet. The dough for these cookies is very tender, so they are rolled flat, cut into squares, and baked on a cookie sheet without moving them.
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Ingredient notes for these olive oil cookies
This recipe only has four simple ingredients: sunflower flour, olive oil, ChocZero sugar-free maple syrup, and vanilla powder.
What is MCAS?
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a chronic condition that affects all organ systems. MCAS is serious and disabling and people with MCAS experience often significant and debilitating symptoms daily, including anaphylaxis, which can be fatal.
MCAS is often found in combination with other chronic conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
Frequently healthcare providers do not know about MCAS, and the tests for MCAS are problematic because they are not uniformly reliable. MCAS can be difficult to manage. Treatments include blocking mast cell mediators with anti-histamines and mast cell stabilizers, as well as avoiding triggers.
Check out this post on how to manage MCAS.
Why this olive oil cookie recipe?
This recipe is low in carbs, higher in fat, protein, and fiber, while still being lower in histamine and histamine-releasing foods, lower in oxalates, and free of nightshades, grains, and gluten. Eating a diet lower in carbs and inflammatory foods can help to control histamine intolerance. To learn more about the lower histamine Keto diet click here! This recipe is also low in FODMAP-containing foods, making it suitable for a low-FODMAP diet.
The bucket theory
The bucket theory offers a helpful analogy for understanding symptom reactions with MCAS.
Think of your body as an empty bucket that you want to keep from overflowing. Different foods and activities fill your histamine bucket at different speeds but they combine to form the total level of histamine in your body (how full your bucket is). A fuller bucket means you have more histamine symptoms. When you manage triggers, reduce exposure to known triggers, and take medications and supplements to reduce histamine, you can manage the level of your bucket.
Know your typical symptom progression
Knowing your symptom progression in a symptom flare is the key to developing your own rescue plan. In this post, I discuss how to determine your own symptom progression. Once you know what typically happens in your symptom progression you can design a rescue plan to address those symptoms.
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Olive Oil Cookies
Equipment
- Silpat baking liner
- cookie sheet
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 cup sunflower seed flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp ChocZero Sugar Free Maple Syrup
- ⅛ tsp vanilla bean powder or vanilla extract, if tolerated
- 1-2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Stir together all ingredients, adding water one tablespoon at a time, until the dough comes together into a ball.
- Place the dough ball on the Silpat, and cover it with a sheet of parchment paper. Roll the dough out between the Silpat and baking paper to a thickness of about ⅙-inch. Carefully peel off the top layer of baking paper and use a plastic knife to cut the cookies into 2-inch squares. Leave the dough in place and lift the Silpat with the cookies onto the baking pan. Do not move the cookies.
- Bake for approximately 9 minutes, until the cookies are lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool for ten minutes before breaking them on the score lines. Serve immediately or freeze for later consumption.
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