Gluten Free and Vegan Almond Flour Lemon Cookies #Recipe

Gluten Free and Vegan Almond Flour Lemon Cookies #Recipe

With this month’s Blogger Recipe Challenge being cookies, I have been trying to find a balance between gluten free, and traditional cookie recipes. My four year old needs to eat a gluten free diet, but the rest of us can eat pretty much everything. I have some special recipes that I have not quite been able to make gluten free so I do bake for a variety of diets.

I love baking with almond flour because it makes cookies, muffins, and breads so tasty. Honeyville Almond Flour is my number one choice for baking. I feel as if it has the freshest flavor, and most consistent taste. The last 5lb bag I purchased has lasted me a few months, and is my favorite gluten free flour.

Cooking healthier is something that I have been taking seriously for the better half of the year. While I am certainly not following a full fledged vegan diet, I do like to bake a lot of their healthy recipes. For my gluten free and vegan almond flour lemon cookies, I knew I wanted to take this route because I am not too big on sugar, and synthetic cookies. I rather have a natural tasting, less sweet cookie as opposed to a cookie that will put me into a sugar coma.

Here is what you will need to bake Gluten Free and Vegan Almond Flour Lemon Cookies:

• 2 cups of Honeyville Almond Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup of coconut oil melted
• 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
• 1 half of a grated lemon
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice

Directions:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees *makes 16 small cookies*
• Mix your dry ingredients together, and then add in your wet ones. I use my hands to mix everything up.
• Form 1 inch balls, and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet
• After you have formed your balls, gently press them down with the back of a spoon
• These cookies do not rise, or spread so you could probably fit them all on one sheet
• Cook you cookies for 8 minutes or until golden brown. They will need a full 30 minutes to cool, and harden properly.

You will find that these cookies are not sugary sweet, and have such a fresh, lemony goodness. They really are the perfect cookie!