Almond Flour Sugar Cookies

The vacation season shouldn’t be full with out a unfold of scrumptious cookies! For these of you which might be in search of a gluten free possibility, take a look at our recipe for almond flour sugar cookies. They’re each tasty and provide just a little selection to your vacation cookie baking! All elements and instructions under.

Makes about 22-24 3” cookies

<h2> Components:

6 Tbsp butter, room temperature

1⁄4 cup coconut sugar

3 Tbsp uncooked honey

1 egg, room temperature

1 1⁄2 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 1⁄2 cups blanched almond flour, packed barely (finely floor works greatest)

1⁄3 cup coconut flour

1⁄4 tsp baking soda

1⁄2 tsp salt

<h2> Directions:

• In a big mixing bowl, cream collectively butter, sugar, and honey with an electrical mixer (will take 2-3 minutes). Beat within the egg and vanilla extract till easy and mixed.
• In a medium bowl, whisk collectively almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt. Regularly add the dry elements into the moist elements, and beat on low velocity till fully mixed. The dough shall be very smooth.
• Break up the dough in half and switch every onto separate sheets of plastic wrap, forming every right into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and switch to fridge for 2-3 hours to sit back.
• As soon as the dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and put aside.
• Unwrap one disk of your dough and roll out between two items of parchment paper, till 1⁄4” thick. Lower out cookies along with your selection of cookie cutters, then gently place onto one baking sheet utilizing a spatula. This dough will get smooth in a short time, so it really works greatest to roll the dough out in your baking sheet and chill for five minutes once more earlier than chopping your shapes. This makes it a lot simpler to chop out and deal with your cookies.
• Make a brand new ball of dough from any scraps and proceed to roll and reduce out shapes till all of the dough has been used. Repeat these final two steps with the second disk of chilled dough and place the cookies in your second baking sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes simply till the sides are very evenly brown. The facilities will nonetheless look very pale, and the cookies shall be smooth on the within. Allow them to cool on the baking sheets for simply 2 minutes after which switch cookies onto a wire cooling rack to complete cooling fully.
• Frost along with your favourite frosting or icing recipe and revel in! The icing within the pictured cookies was coloured with beet powder, cranberries, wild blueberries, and matcha powder.

<h2> Notes:

• For the perfect outcomes, use butter or a dairy free butter if wanted. Coconut oil can be utilized, nevertheless it makes the dough extra fragile whereas rolling and cracks simply.
• You may strive common granulated sugar or maple sugar instead of the coconut sugar.
• Sadly nothing could be substituted for the coconut flour on this recipe, because it helps the cookies maintain collectively.
• Chilling the dough is important. Should you don’t have time to attend 2-3 hours and even in a single day, strive putting your dough into the freezer for 10-Quarter-hour earlier than rolling.
• As a result of this dough will get smooth in a short time, it’s greatest to roll out the dough in batches and solely cook dinner one baking sheet at a time. The perfect outcomes had been seen when rolling the dough out onto a baking sheet, chilling for five minutes earlier than chopping into shapes, then chilling cut-out shapes on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes earlier than baking.

LAUREN | FOOD BLOGGER Lauren is a former athlete from Minnesota who shares all types of gluten free recipes on her weblog, Zest and Lemons. She has a ardour for cooking and  images, and loves to assist others study extra about Celiac Illness. She can be an oatmeal fanatic and is all the time making a large number within the kitchen.