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Gluten-free cut out cookies in the shape of a star, tree, and round.

Paleo Sugar Cookies

The dough should just be at room temperature before rolling. If the dough cracks as you roll, that means it’s too cold. If it sticks to the counter, it’s too warm.
Prep Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 20 cookies
Author Elizabeth Barbone from the Word's Easiest Paleo Baking Book

Ingredients

  • 113 grams (1 cup) finely ground almond flour
  • 113 grams (1 cup) tapioca starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder , homemade or grain-free store-bought
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 85 grams (1/2 cup) evaporated cane juice or coconut sugar
  • 57 grams (1/4 cup) coconut oil, solid, or unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 large egg (about 50 grams out of the shell)
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Whisk the almond flour, tapioca starch, baking powder, and salt together in a small mixing bowl. Combine the evaporated cane juice and coconut oil in a medium mixing bowl. Use a handheld mixer set on medium speed to beat them until a thick paste forms. If there are any large lumps of coconut oil, stop the mixer and squeeze the paste together with your hand, or break up the lumps with a fork. Add the egg and mix until combined. Stop the mixer and add the dry ingredients, vanilla, and water. Mix until a dough forms.
  2. Turn the dough out onto the counter. Knead gently a few times. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.

  3. Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 325F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  4. Allow the dough to sit outside the refrigerator for about 10 minutes. Cut the dough in half and sprinkle your counter with a little tapioca starch. Roll out the dough about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into shapes and place on prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

  5. Bake until set and golden brown, about 10 minutes for 4-inch cookies.
  6. Allow the cookies to cool on the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then transfer the cookies directly to the rack to cool completely.
  7. Allow the baking sheet to cool. Reroll scraps and repeat with the remaining dough.