HEALTHY VEGAN ALMOND COOKIES

Directions

How to make

1. 1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees or 350 Fahrenheit. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2. 2. Add the wet ingredients to a large mixing bowl, melted coconut butter or vegan butter at room temperature, milk, vanilla extract and stir.

3. 3. Add the coconut sugar to the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix well either by hand or with a handheld mixer, until ingredients are smooth and fluffy.

4. 4. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients, almond flour, tapioca flour and baking powder and mix well until combined. The dough should hold together well but not be too sticky or too dry.

Assemble the cookies

1. 1. Put the sliced almonds onto a plate or flat surface.

2. 2. Use a dessert spoon and divide the dough into 10 -12 sections. With slightly damp hands roll each section into a ball.

3. 3. Take each ball and roll liberally in the sliced almonds.

4. 4. Place each ball on the baking tray, spaced at lease 5-6 cms apart. Then slightly flatten each ball with the palm of your hand.

Baking the cookies

1. 1. Place the baking tray into the pre-heated oven for around 12-15 minutes or until you see them start to turn a nice golden colour. The coconut sugar will give them a slightly dark cookie appearance.

2. 2. If you want the center of the cookies to be slightly chewy then take out of the oven a little bit sooner. If you prefer your cookies to have more crunch leave them a little longer, keeping an eye on them to make sure they don’t start to burn around the edges.

3. 3. Once baked, remove from oven and place on a rack until cooled. When you take them out of the oven they will be very soft, once they have started to cool they will firm up.

Notes

1. 1. Cookies can be kept in an airtight container for around one week or frozen for up to two months.

2. 2. When bringing the dough together, if it feels too wet and sticky add slightly more almond flour and a little coconut sugar until if becomes slightly drier, it should not be too sticky but you also do not want it to be crumbly.

3. 3. If you like your cookies to be a little sweeter, you can omit the milk and add maple syrup.