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Glazed Paleo 'Sugar' Cookies | Get Inspired Everyday!

Glazed Paleo ‘Sugar’ Cookies


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Description

The softest sugar cookie made completely without refined sugar!


Ingredients

Scale

3 cups fine almond flour

1/2 cup tapioca starch, sometimes called flour

1 Teaspoon baking powder, see notes

1/2 Teaspoon baking soda

1/4 Teaspoon sea salt

1/3 cup honey, see notes

1/2 cup melted ghee, or butter

1 egg

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

1/2 Teaspoon almond extract

Glaze: 6 Tablespoons coconut butter, at room temperature

2 Tablespoons honey

68 Tablespoons water

Optional: seeds scraped from 1/4 of a vanilla bean split lengthwise


Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325ºF and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Mix together the almond flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt until completely combined.

Add the honey, melted ghee/butter, egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir until a stiff batter forms.

Portion out 8 cookies per sheet at 1 1/2 Tablespoons each. Flatten each cookie with the palm of your hand until it’s about 1/2″ thick.

Then bake the cookies until puffed in the middle, 8-10 minutes.

Repeat until all the batter is baked, and cool the cookies completely before glazing them.

To make the glaze, melt the coconut butter over low heat until no lumps remain.

Add the honey, vanilla bean seeds, and then whisk in the water 1 tablespoon at a time until the glaze is glossy. Dip the cookies into the glaze one at a time, then place them on a cooling rack to dry.

The glaze doesn’t fully harden, but it will mostly dry over the next couple of hours.

Then the cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days at room temperature. Or you can freeze them for 2-3 weeks.

Notes

Baking powder can have all sorts of additives, and isn’t always gluten free or paleo. To be safe, you can make your own by mixing together 1 part baking soda to 2 parts cream of tartar, and use the mixture right away.

The honey for this recipe needs to be liquid to properly mix in. So if your honey has gone solid, melt it over low heat first.

  • Prep Time: 20
  • Cook Time: 8
  • Category: Baking
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American