Paleo molasses cookies
Wait until you try these chewy paleo molasses cookies! They're gluten free, refined sugar free and so easy to make. They're a great Christmas cookie for the holiday baking season.
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil or unsalted butter room temperature
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar packed
- 1/3 cup natural almond butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 ¼ cup blanched almond flour1
- 1/4 cup coconut flour2
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ cup coconut sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together butter or coconut oil, coconut sugar,almond butter, molasses and vanilla extract. Then whisk in the egg.
- Next, add in almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, spices and salt; mix well to combine and form a dough. Chill dough for 30 minutes or up to 2 days.
- Use a heaping tablespoon to form dough into balls then place on baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake for 8-11 minutes or until cookies are set on top. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finishing cooling.