All Natural Orange Almond Cookies
Servings 10 cookies
All natural whole food ingredients come together for these orange almond cookies! Perfect gluten free and guilt free indulgence for the Holiday's.
Ingredients
- COOKIE
- 2 cups of almond flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 Tablespoon orange zest about one large orange
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
- 4 drops orange essential oil
- GLAZE
- ½ cup greek yogurt
- 1 Tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 2 drops orange essential oil
- Powdered dehydrated orange to sprinkle on top or you can use orange zest
Instructions
FOR COOKIE:
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Mix together all ingredients. The dough should look like play dough in the end. If it falls apart then add more coconut oil.
- Roll the dough into about 10, 1 inch balls and place on lightly oiled cookie sheet.
- Bake for 5 minutes then using a wooden spoon, smash the balls into a cookie shape. They should be about ½” thick.
- Bake for 2 more minutes and remove from oven.
FOR GLAZE:
- Mix together all ingredients.
- Drop about a tablespoon of glaze in the center of each cookie, right before serving.
- Sprinkle powdered dried oranges over top to taste.
