Paleo Almond Cookies with Frosting
A paleo almond cookies recipe with frosting that is easy to make, delicious and the perfect amount of sweetness to curb those sweet cravings.
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond meal
- ½ cup organic unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon 100% pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 cup finely milled coconut flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons local honey
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 2 tablespoons almond milk plain, either from the store or homemade
For the frosting:
- 4 tablespoons creamy natural SunButter
- 2 teaspoons organic raw cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons Michigan maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and gather your ingredients.
- In a large bowl, combine the almond meal, coconut, coconut flour, and baking powder.
- Stir to combine, then add your egg, local honey, avocado oil, and the vanilla.
- Gently stir the ingredients together, until just combined. The mixture should look sticky and clumpy.
- Add your almond milk and mix until the batter is sticky.
- It will look a bit of a mess, but that's okay. You're on the right track.
- Line a baking sheet or jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
- Using a spoon or cookie scoop, portion out about a tablespoon of dough, and roll it into balls.
- Grease your hands with coconut or avocado oil, and press each ball down into a cookie shape.
- These cookies won't expand as they cook, so make sure that you flatten them enough for your liking. Thicker cookies will take longer to cook.
- Gently press your thumb into the center of each cookie to make room for the frosting after they're baked.
- Bake your cookies in the oven for 8 minutes, then rotate the pan and bake for another 6 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from your oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- While your cookies are cooling off, mix up your frosting.
- You can either use a spoon to apply dollops of frosting to each cookie, or you can add about 1.5 more teaspoons of maple syrup to the frosting and pipe it onto your cookies.
- Store your cookies in the fridge until you're ready to enjoy them. Pull them out about 10 minutes before you want to dive in.