Paleo Cookies
Rachel Ramey
These cookies are similar to sugar cookies, but are refined sugar-free, paleo, gluten-free, grain-free, egg-free, and (optionally) dairy-free. They DO contain nuts.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 12 minutes mins
Total Time 27 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Egg-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo
Whisk together the almond flour, arrowroot, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir well with a wooden spoon or rubber/silicone spatula until evenly distributed.
If the dough is too soft and sticky, refrigerate it to firm it up. (When I made it with coconut oil, my dough was great right away. When I made it with butter, it was overly soft. I'm not sure if the different fat was why or if this was coincidental.)
Whenever the dough is a good cookie dough consistency (right away, or after chilling if/as necessary), roll into roughly 1-tablespoon-size balls.
Place these on a parchment-lined baking sheet and press them down with a hand or the bottom of a glass to flatten.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 10-13 minutes, or until lightly golden all the way across. Do not underbake. (Because of the lack of eggs, etc., these are completely safe to eat underbaked, but they have a little bit of a doughy taste if they're underdone.)
Let cool before removing from the cookie sheet. They'll be very soft when they first come out of the oven but will firm up as they cool.
Variation: Snickerdoodles
Variation: Dark Chocolate Cookies
It's easiest to tell the cookies are done if you're baking the original recipe, because you can watch the color, so I recommend making the original before trying the variations; that way you have a good feel for what the texture should be like. If you're making the others, definitely watch for the cookies to at least be dry on the surface all the way into the center.
Almond flour as an ingredient is known to be potentially finicky, as it varies from brand to brand. Feel free to use whatever brand you prefer; any brand theoretically should work. If you're having trouble, though, and want to rule that out as the issue, Nature's Eats is the brand I used.