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Perfect Cut-Out Paleo Sugar Cookies

These easy cut-out Paleo Sugar Cookies are made with almond and coconut flour and sweetened with honey.  The perfect sugar cookies for the holidays that no one will guess are Paleo.  Grain free, refined sugar free, kid approved!
Author: Michele Rosen
Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Baking/Dessert
Cuisine: grain free, Paleo
Keyword: Christmas cookies, Cookie dough, cutouts, Holiday cookies, paleo cookies, Sugar cookie dough, sugar cookies
Servings: 18 cookies

Ingredients

Icing

  • 2/3 cup organic powdered sugar or powdered monk fruit sweetener, for paleo friendly
  • 3-4 teaspoons fresh orange juice or water

Instructions

  1. In one bowl, combine the sifted almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda and salt, set aside
  2. In a separate bowl, using an electric hand mixer (or stand mixer) cream together the butter and honey until very smooth and creamy on medium speed.
  3. Add in the egg and vanilla and beat on low speed until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat until a thick cookie dough forms (you can stir it by hand at this point if it’s too thick to mix.)
  4. Using a silicone spatula, scrape all dough off the sides of the bowl and form a ball. Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour so the dough can be rolled. You can also chill overnight if you want to make the dough ahead of time.
  5. Once chilled, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  6. Place the dough on a separate large sheet of parchment paper on your countertop and cover with another sheet. Roll out the dough slowly between the two sheets of parchment paper to 1/4 inch thickness for cutouts.
  7. Place cookie cutouts on the parchment lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough, chilling before rolling out again if needed.
  8. Bake cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes or until just beginning to turn light brown. Allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before carefully transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
  9. Once completely cooled, decorate as desired and enjoy!

For Icing 1*:

  1. Combine sugar and orange juice or water in a small bowl and mix until a smooth icing forms.

For Icing 2:

  1. Carefully stir honey into melted coconut butter, then drizzle on cookies. If you need to re-melt the mixture, do it in small 5 second increments - coconut butter can easily separate to it’s important to be gentle!

Recipe Notes

**To melt coconut butter, you can either submerge the jar in very hot water for 10 minutes, then stir (preferred) You can also microwave in a glass dish on increments of 7-8 seconds, stirring after each, until drippy. If coconut butter is overheated, it seizes up and turns grainy, so it's best to under-heat at first!

***Nutrition was calculated without icing.

Nutrition

Calories: 114kcal
Carbohydrates: 8g
Protein: 2g
Fat: 8g
Saturated Fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 15mg
Sodium: 64mg
Potassium: 6mg
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 5g
Vitamin A: 90IU
Calcium: 24mg
Iron: 0.5mg